Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) coquilletti Kieffer, 1917

Huerta, Herón & Grogan, William L., 2017, New species and new records of predaceous midges in the genera, Schizonyxhelea Clastrier and Stilobezzia Kieffer from Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Zootaxa 4294 (4), pp. 401-418 : 412-413

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Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) coquilletti Kieffer View in CoL

Ceratopogon pictus Coquillett, 1905: 60 View in CoL . Virginia. (female). Preoccupied by Ceratopogon pictus Meigen, 1818: 80 View in CoL .

Hartomyia picta: Malloch 1915: 340 (combination; description; fig. wing; distribution).

Stilobezzia coquilletti Kieffer, 1917: 308 View in CoL (new name for Ceratopogon pictus Coquillett View in CoL ; description; fig. male genitalia; distribution); Johannsen 1943: 781 (in list of North American Ceratopogonidae View in CoL ; distribution); Woke 1954: 69 (larval habitat); Mullen & Hribar 1988: 66 (larval habitat).

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) coquilletti: Wirth 1953:75 View in CoL (description male, female; fig. male genitalia; distribution); Lane & Forattini 1956: 213 (description female, male; figs.; distribution); Lane & Forattini 1961: 85 (in key to Neotropical Stilobezzia View in CoL ; pupa; figs.; distribution); Wirth 1965: 134 (in Nearctic catalog north of Mexico; distribution); Wirth 1974: 44 (in New World catalog south of the USA; distribution); Wirth & Grogan, 1981: 5 (description female, male, pupa; figs.; distribution); Wilkening et al. 1985: 526 (Florida records); Huerta 1996 (record from Chiapas, Mexico); Borkent & Wirth 1997: 110 (in World catalog); Borkent & Spinelli 2000: 54 (in New World catalog south of the USA; distribution); Huerta 2002: 56 (diagnoses male, female; figs.; in key; distribution); Borkent & Spinelli 2007: 30 (in Neotropical catalog; distribution); Borkent & Grogan 2009: 22 (in New World catalog north of Mexico; distribution); Ronderos et al. 2008: 31 View Cited Treatment (description; photomicrographs of pupa, larva; diagnosis of adults; figs.; biology; distribution); Borkent 2014: 224 (reference to pupae); Borkent 2016: 141 (in online World catalog).

Discussion. This common widespread species inhabits the USA from Maryland, Virginia, Illinois south to Florida and Louisiana (Borkent & Grogan 2009), Mexico (Chiapas, Yucatan) to Panama, and also in South America in Trinidad and Brazil ( Borkent & Spinelli 2000, 2007). The immature stages were recently described by Ronderos et al. (2008). The adults are readily distinguished from similar congeners by their distinctive wing pattern and other features included in our key. We provide the first records from Veracruz, Mexico.

Material Examined. MEXICO: Veracruz, Municipio Actopan , Localidad El Farrallón, 13–14-Ago-2009, en potrero cercano a la localidad, Trampa Malaise, Cols. C. Pérez-Rentería & A. Rodríguez-Atanacio, 1 female (OH); Municipio. Actopan, Localidad Soyacuautla, 15-mayo-2008, en Mangal, Muestra 13, Trampa Malaise, Entomological Brigade JSV, 1 male (OH); Dos Amates, 24–28-jul-1998, Trampa Malaise, S. Ibáñez-Bernal & R. Paz-Rodríguez, 1 male (OH). New Mexico Record.

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