Parabezziini, Borkent, 2024

Borkent, Art, 2024, The Phylogeny of the Genera of Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of the World, Zootaxa 5438 (1), pp. 1-274 : 225

Alluaudomyia , including A. ( Paralluaudomyia , now a synonym of Alluaudomyia ):

- Female labrum apically rounded in some species of A. ( Alluaudomyia ) and A. ( Paralluaudomyia ). All other Ceratopogonini other than some Parabezziini and Echinohelea have a terminal peg, directed posteriorly and this is present in many Alluaudomyia . The apically rounded labrum of some A. ( Alluaudomyia ) and A. ( Paralluaudomyia ) is evidence that A. ( Paralluaudomyia ) is likely a derived member of Alluaudomyia .

- Wing with at least first radial cell base of second radial cell slit-like. In many the entire second radial cell is also slit-like. This feature is often possible to see only with phase contrast microscopy. The first radial cell of A. ( Paralluaudomyia ) is very narrow and the veins poorly defined. This condition is unique within the Ceratopogoninae . In some Forcipomyia and Dasyhelea the radial cells are often also compressed and slit-like, clearly independently evolved.

- Female with each claw with tooth arising from its very base. In other Ceratopogonidae with single claws bearing a basal tooth, the tooth is more distal on the claw. This unique feature is present in all Alluaudomyia with a single claw (one undescribed species from British Columbia has two equal claws) and A. ( Paralluaudomyia ).

- Larvae with terminal long setae longer than the last abdominal segment. The feature is unique in the family other than many Forcipomyiini which are clearly independently derived. Spătaru (1973) described Bezzia longisaeta (Spătaru) (as a Probezzia ) with terminal setae longer than the last abdominal segment, an instance of homoplasy within this genus. Larvae have a unique manner of swimming at the water surface of lentic habitats, with the upper portion of the body exposed to air.