Downeshelea

Downeshelea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Ceratopogonidae
Tribe:Ceratopogonini
Genus:Downeshelea
Wirth & Grogan, 1988

Downeshelea is a genus of predaceous midges in the family Ceratopogonidae. There are about 17 described species in Downeshelea.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 17 species belong to the genus Downeshelea:

  • Downeshelea bicornis Felippe-Bauer & Quintelas, 1993 c g
  • Downeshelea bimaculata Clastrier & Delecolle, 1990 c g
  • Downeshelea charrua Felippe-Bauer & Spinelli, 1994 c g
  • Downeshelea deanei Felippe-Bauer & Quintelas, 1995 c g
  • Downeshelea fluminensis Felippe-Bauer & Quintelas, 1993 c g
  • Downeshelea grogani g
  • Downeshelea lanei Felippe-Bauer & Borkent g
  • Downeshelea leei (Debenham, 1972) c g
  • Downeshelea mcdanieli (Tokunaga, 1959) c g
  • Downeshelea multilineata (Lutz, 1914) c g
  • Downeshelea nigra (Tokunaga, 1963) c g
  • Downeshelea quasidentica Felippe-Bauer & Quintelas, 1993 c g
  • Downeshelea sepikensis (Debenham, 1972) c g
  • Downeshelea stenochora Wirth & Giles, 1990 c g
  • Downeshelea stonei Wirth, 1953 i c b
  • Downeshelea unimaculata (Debenham, 1972) c g
  • Downeshelea xanthogonua (Tokunaga, 1963) c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Downeshelea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Downeshelea". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  3. 1 2 "Downeshelea". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  4. 1 2 "Downeshelea Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-24.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Borkent, A. (2012). "World species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  • Borkent, Art; Grogan, W.L. Jr. (2009). "Catalog of the New World Biting Midges North of Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)". Zootaxa.
  • Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825.
  • McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.

  • "Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-04-24.
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