Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) kiefferi Lane, 1947

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 : 414

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) kiefferi Lane

Stilobezzia kiefferi Lane, 1947: 205 . Brazil. (female; fig. wing); Lane & Forattini 1958: 214 (male; fig. genitalia); Lane & Forattini 1961: 85 (in key to Neotropical Stilobezzia ).

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) kiefferi: Wirth 1974: 45 (in New World catalog south of the USA; distribution); Wilkening et al. 1985: 527 (Florida records; Stilobezzia punctipes Wirth as synonym); Borkent & Wirth, 1997: 111 (in World catalog); Borkent & Spinelli 2000: 54 (in New World catalog south of the USA; distribution); Huerta 2002: 58 (female diagnosis; figs.; in key; distribution); Borkent & Spinelli 2007:87 (in Neotropical catalog; distribution); Borkent & Grogan 2009: 22 (in Nearctic catalog north of Mexico; distribution); Grogan et al. 2010: 41 (new Florida records); Borkent 2016: 14 (in online World catalog); Cazorla 2016: 188 (new records from Argentina, Belize, Jamaica, Mexico).

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) punctipes Wirth, 1953: 58 Florida. (female, male; fig. male genitalia).

Discussion. This primarily Neotropical species is known from Brazil (type locality), Panama, and from the USA in Florida . It was also previously recorded from Mexico from the states of Tamaulipas and Yucatan ( Wirth 1953, Huerta 2002). We provide the first records from the states of Jalisco and Oaxaca, Mexico .

Material Examined. MEXICO, Jalisco, Estación de Biología Chamela , Cuenca 1, Trampa Malaise (6106), 13–19-ene-1992, A. Rodríguez-Palafox, 1 female, 2 males ; same data except, Cuenca 1, 10–90, 12–17-ene-1991, 3 males (1 slide; 2 OH) ; same data except, Cuenca 4, TM 2192, 5 al 8 jun-1992, 1 female (OH) ; same data except, 7–12-Oct-1992, N°276, 1 female (OH) ; same data except, 20–25-mayo-1993, TM 412, 1 male (OH) ; same data except, 25 Feb al 2-Marzo-1993, TM 336, 1 female (OH) ; same data except, 18–23-Jun-1992, TM2002, 1 female (OH) ; same data, except, 6–11-Jul-1992, TM3112, 1 female (OH) ; same data except, 6–11-Ago-1993, TM442, 1 female (OH) ; same data except, 2–7-Mayo-1992, TM 2172, 1 male (OH) ; same data except 4–5-jul-1993, Warton & Sharkey, 1 male ; same data except, fumigación, 18-feb-1992, A. Pescador, 1 male ; same data except, 25-Nov- 1993, 1 female, 2 males (OH) ; same data except, 18-Ago-1992, 2 females; Oaxaca, Localidad Tuxtepec, 7–8-mar- 1998, Trampa Malaise, cerca del Río Tuxtepec, C. Pérez-Rentería & H. Huerta, 1 female (OH). New Mexico Records.