Protohelius Alexander, 1928

Kato, Daichi, 2022, Four genera of Limoniidae (Diptera) new to Japan with descriptions of new species, Zootaxa 5168 (4), pp. 401-418 : 414

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5168.4.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:194B8CFC-0FF8-4670-BE9D-ACE758C37B22
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6902820
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E387AB-FFD0-FFFE-FF7F-FF02FD82FDAD
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Protohelius Alexander, 1928
status

Treatment

Protohelius Alexander, 1928 View in CoL

Protohelius Alexander 1928: 466 View in CoL .

Type species: Protohelius issikii Alexander, 1928 View in CoL (original designation).

Diagnosis. Prescutum without prescutal and tuberculate pits. Wing with R 1 erect at tip, erect part sometimes indistinct; R 3 very short, at most 1/4 length of R 4, basal half erect like crossvein; M 1+2 not forked. Legs with tibial spurs absent.

Remarks. This genus includes seven species ( 1 sp. in the Palaearctic, 2 spp. in the Neoptropical, and 4 spp. in the Oriental Regions) ( Oosterbroek 2021).