Macropeza Meigen, 1818

Alwin-Kownacka, Alicja, Szadziewski, Ryszard & Szwedo, Jacek, 2017, Predatory midges of the tribes Palpomyiini and Sphaeromiini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Middle East, with keys and descriptions of new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 318, pp. 1-30 : 23

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.318
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3847270
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/37097034-F861-FFAC-FD8A-3813FAE8F859
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scientific name	Macropeza Meigen, 1818
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Genus Macropeza Meigen, 1818 View in CoL View at ENA

Type species

Macropeza albitarsis Meigen, 1818 View in CoL ; by original designation.

Diagnosis

Large midges. Wings narrow, with 1 radial cell; female costa extends to wing tip, male radial cell shorter. Legs slender; femora unarmed; tarsomeres 5 of female with several pairs of batonnets; female claws short, curved, equal on all legs, with a short basal outer tooth. Male genitalia elongate, slender; gonocoxite elongate, gonostylus short; aedeagus short to elongate with rounded to truncate apex; parameres separate, each with heavily sclerotized, ventrally recurved, hook-like process (de Meillon & Wirth 1991). Female abdomen with pair of lateral setal tufts on sternite VIII; 2 large seminal capsules.