Dasyhelea

Dasyhelea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Ceratopogonidae
Subfamily:	Dasyheleinae Lenz, 1934
Genus:	Dasyhelea
Species
Dasyhelea aegealitis Dasyhelea ancora Dasyhelea atlantis Dasyhelea atrata Dasyhelea australis Dasyhelea bahamensis Dasyhelea bajensis Dasyhelea bermudae Dasyhelea bifida Dasyhelea brevicornis Dasyhelea brevicosta Dasyhelea brookmani Dasyhelea cactorum Dasyhelea cincta Dasyhelea clavescens Dasyhelea crassiseta Dasyhelea fasciigera Dasyhelea festiva Dasyhelea grisea Dasyhelea hawaiiensis Dasyhelea johannseni Dasyhelea leptobranchia Dasyhelea luteogrisea Dasyhelea maculata Dasyhelea major Dasyhelea messersmithi Dasyhelea mutabilis Dasyhelea navaiae Dasyhelea neobifurcata Dasyhelea oppressa Dasyhelea pallens Dasyhelea pentalineata Dasyhelea platychaeta Dasyhelea pollex Dasyhelea pollinosa Dasyhelea pritchardi Dasyhelea pseudocincta Dasyhelea pseudoincisurata Dasyhelea ryckmani Dasyhelea sanctaemariae Dasyhelea scissurae Dasyhelea scutellata Dasyhelea sonorensis Dasyhelea spiniforma Dasyhelea stemlerae Dasyhelea tenebrosa Dasyhelea thomsenae Dasyhelea traverae Dasyhelea tristyla

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.

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.