Schizonyxhelea, Clastrier, 1984

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

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5875621C-FF4E-29AD-FF3F-B500FE2D72CF

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scientific name

Schizonyxhelea
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Schizonyxhelea View in CoL :

- Male with ventral apodemes of the gonocoxite forming a well-developed and distinctive transverse band medially, with thin lateral connections to the gonocoxite, varying from moderately to very thick and in a variety of shapes: more or less evenly curved, horseshoe-shaped, or a thick rectangle. The feature is unique in the Culicomorpha although a medial band is present in some other genera of Ceratopogonidae but in these instances narrowing from the gonocoxite medially and forming a more or less transverse band (see “Uncertain Character States”— “Male gonocoxal apodemes”).

- Male with ventral plate reduced anteriorly to medial set of small rods and/or small plates and the basal arms are absent. This condition is unique in Ceratopogonidae but perhaps related to the strongly developed transverse band described above.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ceratopogonidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ceratopogonidae

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