title: Downeshelea
text: # Downeshelea
  
  Downeshelea is a genus of predaceous midges in the family Ceratopogonidae. There are more than 20 described species in Downeshelea.
  
  ## Species
  
  These 27 species belong to the genus Downeshelea:
  
  * Downeshelea bicornis Felippe-Bauer & Quintelas, 1993
  * Downeshelea bimaculata Clastrier & Delecolle, 1990
  * Downeshelea blantoni Lane & Wirth
  * Downeshelea cebacoi Lane & Wirth
  * Downeshelea charrua Felippe-Bauer & Spinelli, 1994
  * Downeshelea chiapasi Lane & Wirth
  * Downeshelea chirusi Lane & Wirth
  * Downeshelea colombiae Lane & Wirth
  * Downeshelea deanei Felippe-Bauer & Quintelas, 1995
  * Downeshelea fluminensis Felippe-Bauer & Quintelas, 1993
  * Downeshelea fuscipennis Lane & Wirth
  * Downeshelea grogani
  * Downeshelea lanei Felippe-Bauer & Borkent
  * Downeshelea leei (Debenham, 1972)
  * Downeshelea macclurei Ratanaworabhan & Wirth
  * Downeshelea mcdanieli (Tokunaga, 1959)
  * Downeshelea multilineata (Lutz, 1914)
  * Downeshelea nigra (Tokunaga, 1963)
  * Downeshelea panamensis Lane & Wirth
  * Downeshelea quasidentica Felippe-Bauer & Quintelas, 1993
  * Downeshelea scanloni Ratanaworabhan & Wirth
  * Downeshelea sepikensis (Debenham, 1972)
  * Downeshelea stenochora Wirth & Giles, 1990
  * Downeshelea stonei Wirth, 1953
  * Downeshelea unimaculata (Debenham, 1972)
  * Downeshelea whartoni Ratanaworabhan & Wirth
  * Downeshelea xanthogonua (Tokunaga, 1963)
  