Sphaeromiini Newman, 1834

Alwin-Kownacka, Alicja, Szadziewski, Ryszard & Szwedo, Jacek, 2017, Predatory midges of the tribes Palpomyiini and Sphaeromiini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Middle East, with keys and descriptions of new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 318, pp. 1-30 : 22

Tribe Sphaeromiini Newman, 1834

Key to genera of Middle East Sphaeromiini

1. Tibiae with stout bristles..................................................................................................................2

– Tibiae without stout bristles.............................................................................................................3

2. Parameres fused, H-shaped; female claws with short basal external tooth ........................................ ....................................................................................................................... Nilobezzia Kieffer, 1921

– Parameres fused, Y-shaped; female claws with short basal inner tooth ............................................. .................................................................................................................... Sphaeromias Curtis, 1829

3. Wing with one radial cell ........................................................................... Macropeza Meigen, 1818

– Wing with two radial cells.................................................................................................................4

4. Parameres separate; female claws equal on fore leg, unequal on mid and hind legs .......................... .......................................................................................................... Johannsenomyia Malloch, 1915

– Parameres fused; female claws equal on all legs ....................................... Homohelea Kieffer, 1917