Brachypogon (Isohelea) aethiopicus (Clastrier, Rioux & Descous, 1961)

Ceratopogon (Brachypogon) aethiopicum Clastrier, Rioux & Descous, 1961: 87 (male, Chad); Clastrier & Wirth 1961: 223 (male, Ethiopia).

Brachypogon (Isohelea) aethiopicum: Grogan & de Meillon 1993: 406 (male, Zimbabwe).

Isohelea aethiopica: de Meillon & Downes 1986: 156 (male, South Africa).

Brachypogon (Isohelea) aethiopica: Boorman & van Harten 2002: 452 (male, Yemen). Brachypogon (Isohelea) aethiopicus: Borkent 2015: 115 (catalogue); Dominiak et al. 2014: 134 (male, Israel).

Diagnosis. Males of the species are characteristic in having simple gonostylus, aedeagus triangular with forked apex, parameres U-shaped (Clastrier et al. 1961). Female unknown.

Material examined. LEBANON. Jabal ech Chaaibe, III. 2013, 1 male, A. Alwin (CEI UG); ISRAEL, Herzliyya, beach, 27. VIII.2007, 5 males, leg. A. Freidberg (TAU).

Distribution. Afrotropical species recorded from Chad, Ethiopia, Israel, South Africa, Yemen and Zimbabwe. From Lebanon reported for the first time.