Palpomyiini Enderlein, 1936

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 : 2

Tribe Palpomyiini Enderlein, 1936

Key to genera of Middle East Palpomyiini

1. Wing with two radial cells ........................................................................ Palpomyia Meigen, 1818

– Wing with one radial cell..................................................................................................................2

2. Female fifth tarsomeres armed with stout ventral setae with sharp, bent tips; gonostylus of male genitalia greatly reduced in size or absent ...................................... Phaenobezzia Haeselbarth, 1965

– Female fifth tarsomeres usually unarmed (some species in the subgenus Homobezzia have 2 partial ventrolateral rows of setae); gonostylus of male genitalia well developed ......... Bezzia Kieffer, 1899