Johannsenomyia Malloch, 1915

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

Genus Johannsenomyia Malloch, 1915

Type species

Johannsenomyia halteralis Malloch, 1915 ; by original designation.

Diagnosis

Slender midges. Legs long, slender, apices of femora clubbed, especially on fore femur; femora usually without ventral spines; tarsomeres 5 of females with numerous pairs of batonnets, males with 2–3 pairs of batonnets; female claws unequal on mid and hind legs, longer claw slightly curved, each claw with short, stout basal inner tooth. Wings with 2 radial cells (rarely 1); costa moderately long (female costal ratio about 0.80). Male tergite IX rounded distally; aedeagus broad, with cap-like tip; parameres separate, basal portion curved, apical portion broad, flattened (de Meillon & Wirth 1991). Female abdomen petiolate, narrow at base, sternite VIII without setal tufts; 2 large seminal capsules.