Major Group: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Ceratopogonidae
Subfamily: Dasyheleinae
Genus: Dasyhelea
This subfamily is represented in Australia by a single genus, Dasyhelea Kieffer. |
Descriptive Features: posterior prolegs retractile into anal segment
anterior prolegs absent
head capsule fully sclerotised
Total length:
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Dasyhelea |
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Taxonomic Checklist: Species
Dasyhelea aeratipennis Skuse
Dasyhelea decempunctata Skuse
Dasyhelea minuscula Skuse
Dasyhelea nigella Skuse |
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Distribution: NSW
Sensitivity Rating: none
Functional Feeding Group: gathering collectors, scrapers |
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Edward River at 4 Posts Youth Camp, NSW |
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Information Sources: Cranston 1995, Merritt & Cummins 1996
Key to Species: none |
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