Metacanthohelea, Wirth & Grogan, 1988
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5438.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2CD64E2C-D575-463F-A8F4-390662DDC9E2 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5875621C-FF4F-29AC-FF3F-B72CFCB2779B |
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Plazi |
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Metacanthohelea |
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- Male cercus, quite slender, elongate, finger-like. The cercus of most other ceratopogonids is either lobe-like or, if more elongate, somewhat flattened mediolaterally. However, the feature is also present in Isthmohelea , where the cercus is significantly thicker than in Metacanthohelea .
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