title: New records of predaceous midges from the Middle East, with the description of two new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).
abstract: Two new distinctive species of predaceous biting midges of the tribe Ceratopogonini are described and illustrated from the Middle East. Brachypogon freidbergi sp. nov., with a unique Y-shaped gonostylus, is recorded from Israel. We also provide the first records of Brachypogon vitiosus (Winnertz) and B. aethiopicus (Clastrier, Rioux & Descous) from this country, and a key to the adult males of the genus Brachypogon Kieffer from the Middle East. Ceratopogon azari sp. nov., described from Lebanon, shows a distinctive structure of the male genital apparatus, and is the southernmost species of that genus in the Western Palaearctic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland; Email: heliocopris@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Patrycja
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dominiak
authors.affiliation: Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alwin
authors.affiliation: Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Giłka
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D007557:Israel; D007861:Lebanon; D008297:Male