Paryphoconus

Borkent, Art, 2024, The Phylogeny of the Genera of Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of the World, Zootaxa 5438 (1), pp. 1-274 : 237-238

Paryphoconus :

- Male with broad flange on medial margin of eye and attached to the anterior tentorial pit broad ( Fig. 15C ) (narrow or difficult to discern and perhaps absent in all others).

- Male claws apically simple but with subbasal, well-developed inner tooth. This feature is nearly unique in the Culicomorpha but is present in three Afrotropical genera in the Ceratopogonini , where it is considered a synapomorphy (see character 104).

- Larva mandible with bifid, claw-like apex ( Díaz et al. 2021). The feature is unique in the Culicomorpha (but larva of Stenoxenus unknown).

Figures

FIGURE 15. Head capsules of male Ceratopogonidae,in anterior view.A. Clastrieromyia dycei Spinelli & Grogan.B.Palpomyia lineata. C. Paryphoconus sp. D. Stenoxenus sp.