Notes on Brachypogon Kieffer (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae), A New Species, and Two New Neotropical Genera of the Tribe Ceratopogonini

Authors

  • Willis W. Wirth
  • Franklin S. Blanton

Abstract

Two new genera are described in the Ceratopogonini: Baeohelea, type-species nana n. sp. from Columbia and Dominica, and Rhynchohjelea, type-species monilicornis n. sp. from California and Florida. Two species are transferred to Baeohelea: (new combinations) Ceratopogon bourioni Clastrier 1961 and C. fuscipennis Tokunaga 1964. Brachypogon is restored to generic rank and characterized, and in it are included (newcombinations): Ceratopogon africanus de Meillon 1929, C. bergensis de Meillon and Hardy 1953, C. corius de Meillon and Hardy 1954, Palpomyia fuscivenosa Lutz 1914, Ceratopogon impar Johannsen 1938, C. insulicola Tokunaga 1959, C. novaguineae Tokunaga 1964, C. papuensis Tokunaga 1964, C. petersi Tokunaga 1964, C. sensegalensis de Meillon and Wirth, 1955, C. sitius de Meillon 1959, and C. vitiosus Winnertz 1852. Brachypogon fuscivenosus Lutz is redescribed and B. paraensis n. sp. is described from Brazil.

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Published

1970-06-01

Issue

Vol. 53, No. 2 (June 1970)

Section

Literature Review Articles

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