Palpomyia ebejeri Boorman & van Harten, 2002

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 : 16

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.318
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3847246
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/37097034-F878-FFB5-FE28-3C1AFD9DFB2E
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Palpomyia ebejeri Boorman & van Harten, 2002
status

Treatment

Palpomyia ebejeri Boorman & van Harten, 2002 View in CoL

Palpomyia ebejeri Boorman & van Harten, 2002: 458 View in CoL (♂, figure, description, Oman).

Palpomyia ebejeri View in CoL – Szadziewski et al. 2011: 651 (♂, ♀, description, United Arab Emirates).

Diagnosis

Pale brown species. Legs brown, tarsi paler; fore femur and bases of mid and hind femora pale; male fore femur with 2–3 short spines; mid and hind femora with 1 ventral spine near apex; female fore femur with 8–10, mid femur with 5, hind femur with 7 spines. Male gonostylus short, triangular, without ventral setae; gonocoxite short, massive, base ventrally expanded; parameres apparently completely separated, apex pointed, strongly bent outwardly; aedeagus with high basal arch and expanded apex. Female with 2 small seminal capsules with short necks.

Material examined

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 1 ♂, Wadi Maidaq, light trap, 27 Nov. 2005, A. van Harten leg. ( CEIUG); 1 ♀, Hatta, light trap, 30 Jan.–26 Feb. 2006, A. van Harten leg. ( CEIUG).

Distribution

Oman, United Arab Emirates.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Ceratopogonidae
SubFamily	Ceratopogoninae
Tribe	Palpomyiini
Genus	Palpomyia