SINICOHELEA,A NEW GINUS OF BITING MIDGES OF THE SUBFAMILY CERATOPOGONINAE (DIPTERA:CERATOPOGONIDAE) FROM HAINAN PROVENCE,CHINA

VernacularTitle:我国海南岛发现蠓亚科一新属——华蠓属(Sinicohelea Yu, Wang et Tan gen. nov.) (双翅目:蠓科)
Author: Chong-Cai WANG ¹ ; Run-Qian TAN ; Xing-Heng CHEN ; Yi-Xin YU
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1. 海南出入境检验检疫局
Keywords: Sinicohelea; Sinicoheleaa xuanjui; Ceratopogonidae; New genus
From: Acta Parasitologica et Medica Entomologica Sinica 2012;19(1):42-45
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Sinicohelea Yu, Wang and Tan new genus, with type-species Sinicoheleaa xuanjui Yu,Wang et Chen n. sp. from Hainan Island is described and illustrated, it differentiated from other genus of Ceratopogoninae with the following combination of characters. Eyes bare, palpus third segment some swollen, with sensilla scattered over much of basal surface. Wing hyaline, with single radial cell, veins M2, M3+4 and Cu2 absent. Legs fore tibial comb with 13 minima teeth, claws slender and equal on all legs, each talon with a powerful and short, blunt basal tooth. Hypopygium tergite 9 somewhat peach-shaped, sternite 9 with distinct rounded median caudal process and over aedeagus. The type specimens is deposited in the Collection of Medical Entomology of Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology.