Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) glauca Macfie, 1939

Da Silva, Irene M., Ferreira-Keppler, Ruth L. & Cazorla, Carla G., 2023, Stilobezzia Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Brazilian Amazon: three new species, redescription of S. (Stilobezzia) maculata Lane and new records, Zootaxa 5249 (4), pp. 485-499 : 495-497

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) glauca Macfie

( Figs. 48–49 )

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) glauca Macfie, 1939: 204 ; (male, Brazil); Johannsen 1952: 162 (in Nearctic distribution key); Wirth 1953: 77 (key, male female; USA).

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) fluminensis Lane, 1947: 210 ; (female, Brazil); Lane et al. 1955: 84 (pupa; synonymy of S. glauca ).

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) glauca Das Gupta & Wirth 1968: 140 (in global checklist); Wirth & Grogan 1981: 81 (redescription); Wilkening et al. 1985: 526 (Record to Florida); Borkent & Spinelli 2000: 54 (in New World Catalog south of USA; distribution); Borkent & Spinelli 2007: 87 (in Neotropical distribution catalog); Borkent & Grogan 2009: 22 (in Nearctic catalog); Cazorla 2016: 188 ( Argentina record); Huerta & Grogan 2017: 408 (in key to Mexican Stilobezzia ); Borkent & Dominiak 2020: 179 (in Online World Catalog); Santarém & Felippe-Bauer 2022: 19 (Brazilian catalog; distribution)

Type. Holotype male labeled: “ BRAZIL, Nova Teutonia, 22.xi.1937 ( FSP, examined by CGC).

Material examined. BRAZIL, Amazonas, Manaus, Campina Biological Reserve , Campinarana , 02º58′94″ S – 60º03′07″ W, Malaise trap over stream, 21–28.viii.2015, I.M. Da Silva and R.L. Ferreira-Keppler, 1 female ; suspense trap over stream, 04–23.x.2016, 1 male; 31.v–14.vi.2018, 1 female . Brazil, Amazonas, Manaus, Program Basis LBA ZF-2, Km 14, 02º35′21″ S – 60º06′55″ W, big Malaise trap / tower 18m, 1–15.xii.2016, F.F. Xavier and J.A. Rafael, 1 female .

Comments: This species has a wide Neotropical and Nearctic distribution, and inhabits the southern USA (Maryland to Mississippi and Florida) to Central and South America : in Mexico (Chiapas), Colombia, Peru (Cuzco), Argentina (Buenos Aires and Misiones) and Brazil. In Brazil, there are records from the states of Rio de Janeiro, S„o Paulo, and Santa Catarina. We provide the first record from the state of Amazonas, where it was collected in urban forest fragments and in continuous forest.

Figures

FIGURES 44–49. Habitus. 44. S. (E.) proxima, male; 45. S. (E.) proxima, female; 46. S. (E.) quasielegantula, male. 47. S. (S.) chaconi, female; 48. S. (S.) glauca, male; 49. S. (S.) glauca, female.