| Downeshelea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Diptera | 
| Family: | Ceratopogonidae | 
| Subfamily: | Ceratopogoninae | 
| Tribe: | Ceratopogonini | 
| Genus: | Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan, 1988  | 
Downeshelea is a genus of predaceous midges in the family Ceratopogonidae. There are more than 20 described species in Downeshelea.[1][2][3]
Species
These 27 species belong to the genus Downeshelea:
- Downeshelea bicornis Felippe-Bauer & Quintelas, 1993
 - Downeshelea bimaculata Clastrier & Delecolle, 1990
 - Downeshelea blantoni Lane & Wirth
 - Downeshelea cebacoi Lane & Wirth
 - Downeshelea charrua Felippe-Bauer & Spinelli, 1994
 - Downeshelea chiapasi Lane & Wirth
 - Downeshelea chirusi Lane & Wirth
 - Downeshelea colombiae Lane & Wirth
 - Downeshelea deanei Felippe-Bauer & Quintelas, 1995
 - Downeshelea fluminensis Felippe-Bauer & Quintelas, 1993
 - Downeshelea fuscipennis Lane & Wirth
 - Downeshelea grogani
 - Downeshelea lanei Felippe-Bauer & Borkent
 - Downeshelea leei (Debenham, 1972)
 - Downeshelea macclurei Ratanaworabhan & Wirth
 - Downeshelea mcdanieli (Tokunaga, 1959)
 - Downeshelea multilineata (Lutz, 1914)
 - Downeshelea nigra (Tokunaga, 1963)
 - Downeshelea panamensis Lane & Wirth
 - Downeshelea quasidentica Felippe-Bauer & Quintelas, 1993
 - Downeshelea scanloni Ratanaworabhan & Wirth
 - Downeshelea sepikensis (Debenham, 1972)
 - Downeshelea stenochora Wirth & Giles, 1990
 - Downeshelea stonei Wirth, 1953
 - Downeshelea unimaculata (Debenham, 1972)
 - Downeshelea whartoni Ratanaworabhan & Wirth
 - Downeshelea xanthogonua (Tokunaga, 1963)
 
References
- ↑ "Downeshelea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
 - ↑ "Downeshelea". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
 - ↑ "Downeshelea genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
 
Further reading
- Borkent, A. (2012). World species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) (PDF) (Report).
 - Borkent, Art; Grogan, W. L. Jr. (2009). "Catalog of the New World Biting Midges North of Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2273: 1–48. ISSN 1175-5326.
 - McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
 
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