Dasyhelea

Dasyhelea is a genus of biting midges and the only genus of its subfamily, the Dasyheleinae. Larvae of species in this genus are characterized by an anal segment with retractile posterior prolegs. Larvae are aquatic and adults do not feed on vertebrate blood, nor do they prey on other insects. They take nectar only, an unusual feeding behavior within the Ceratopogonidae.

Species

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderDiptera
FamilyCeratopogonidae

Habitatmarine, brackish

毛蠓屬（學名：Dasyhelea）是雙翅目蠓科毛蠓亞科（Dasyheleinae）之下唯一的一個屬。本屬物種的特徵是其幼蟲的尾節（anal segment）有retractile posterior prolegs。這些幼蟲都是水生。其成蟲並不吸食有脊椎動物的血液，也不以其他昆蟲為食，反而只食花蜜。這在其他同屬蠓科的物種當中實屬罕見。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 5,060
With media: 593
Family: Ceratopogonidae
Collections: LACM, INDRE-SSA
Recorded in: United States, Mexico

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taxon name: Dasyhelea
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Dasyhelea
taxon author citation: Kieffer, 1911

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References

==References== Elson-Harris, M.M. 1990. Keys to the immature stages of some Australian Ceratopogonidae. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 29: 267-275. Mullen, G.R. and L.J. Hribar. 1988. Biology and feeding behavior of ceratopogonid larvae (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in North America. Bulletin of the Society for Vector Ecology 13: 60-81.

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