Sinhalohelea, Grogan & Borkent, 2024

Borkent, Art, 2024, The Phylogeny of the Genera of Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of the World, Zootaxa 5438 (1), pp. 1-274 : 230

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5438.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2CD64E2C-D575-463F-A8F4-390662DDC9E2

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5875621C-FF4E-29AD-FF3F-B3C0FD307043

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Sinhalohelea
status

 

Sinhalohelea View in CoL :

- Female with foretibia broadly swollen, thicker than forefemur and mid- and hind tibia. This feature is present also in an undescribed species from Thailand. Males have a slender foretibia. The feature is otherwise unknown within the Culicomorpha although Fittkauhelea also have a disproportionally swollen foretibia, more or less for the apical 0.6 of the tibia, also a unique feature.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ceratopogonidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ceratopogonidae

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