Open AccessAdditions to the species of Dasyhelea KIEFFER, 1911 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from West Bengal, India
Author(s) -
Shubhranil Brahma,
Niladri Hazra
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
polish journal of entomology/polskie pismo entomologiczne
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.258
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2299-9884
pISSN - 0032-3780
DOI - 10.2478/pjen-2018-0024
Subject(s) - west bengal , subgenus , biology , synonym (taxonomy) , ceratopogonidae , zoology , key (lock) , ecology , taxonomy (biology) , genus , socioeconomics , sociology
Adult males of three new species, Dasyhelea (Prokempia) barbistyla, Dasyhelea (Pseudoculicoides) pseudohama and D. (Sebessia) scalpra are described from India. The Palaearctic species Dasyhelea (Dasyhelea) pallidiventrisis recorded for the first time from India. Dasyhelea (Ps.) deemingi BOORMAN & HARTEN, 2002 is revised, Dasyhelea (Ps.) acuta BRAHMA, SAHA & HAZRA, 2016 is deemed a junior synonym of Dasyhelea similinigrina NAVAI, 1994, and a key to the Indian species of the subgenera Dasyhelea, Prokempia, Pseudoculicoides and Sebessia is provided.