Handbook of Medical EntomologyRiley, William A. (William Albert)
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Handbook of Medical Entomology
Riley, William A. (William Albert)
Insect pests; Insects as carriers of disease; Medical parasitology
pp. Wings bare, if rarely with hair, then
the radius reaches beyond two-thirds
the length of the wing, or the femur
or fifth tarsal segment with stout
black spines.
q. Media unbranched. Europe.
_Brachypogon_ Kieff
qq. Media branched.
r. Hind femur much swollen and spined.
America and Europe. _Serromyia_
Meg.
rr. Hind femur not distinctly swollen.
s. Cell R_1 not longer than high;
fork of the media distad of the
crossvein; wing with microscopic
setulæ _Stilobezzia_ Kieff
ss. Cell R_1 elongate.
t. Femora unarmed. Widely
distributed. (= Sphaeromias
Kieff. 1913 not Curtis?).
JOHANNSENIELLA Will.
tt. Femora, at least in part, with
strong black spines. Widely
distributed. _Palpomyia_
Megerle
oo. R_{2+3} coalescent with R_{4+5} hence
cell R_3 is obliterated.
p. In the female the lower branch of the
media with an elbow near its base
projecting proximad, the petiole of
the media coalescent with the basal
section of the radius, wing long and
narrow, radial sector ending near the
tip of the wing; venation of the male
as in _Bezzia_; front concave. United
States. _Stenoxenus_ Coq.
pp. Venation otherwise, front not concave.
q. Subcosta and R_1 more or less
coalescent with the costa; wing
pointed at the apex, much longer
than the body; antennæ fourteen
segmented, not plumose. India.
_Haasiella_ Kieff.
qq. Subcosta and radius distinct from
the costa.
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