Bezzia (Homobezzia) glabra (Coquillett)

William L. Grogan, Jr., Hribar, Lawrence J., Murphree, C. Steven & Cilek, James E., 2010, New records of biting and predaceous midges from Florida, including species new to the fauna of the United States (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (147), pp. 1-59 : 51

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scientific name	Bezzia (Homobezzia) glabra (Coquillett)
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Bezzia (Homobezzia) glabra (Coquillett) View in CoL

Ceratopogon glaber Coquillett, 1902: 85 (Florida) View in CoL . Bezzia glabra: Kieffer 1906: 58 View in CoL (combination). Bezzia (Aspinabezzia) glabra: Dow and Turner 1976: 145 View in CoL (revision of Nearctic Bezzia View in CoL ; distribution). Bezzia (Homobezzia) glabra: Wirth 1983b: 305 View in CoL (review of Nearctic species in bicolor group; distribution);

Wilkening et al. 1985: 530 (Florida records); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 27 (in Nearctic catalog;

distribution).

Discussion. This common inhabitant of ponds, lakes and streams was recorded from 23 Florida counties by Wilkening et al. (1985). We provide the first records from St. Lucie and Wakulla counties.

New records. St. Lucie Co., Ft. Pierce, Chinese Farm, July 1987, Kai Lok Chan, ex. Pistia leaf, 1 male ( FSCA); (no town given) , 11-VI-1986, R. L. Escher, 1 female, same data except 24-VI-1986, 1 female ( FSCA). Wakulla Co., Wakulla Springs State Park , Lodge Road, 25 May 2004, S. Murphree, CDC light trap with UV wand, 1 male, 2 females ( BUTC; WLGC) .

References

Borkent, A., and W. L. Grogan, Jr. 2009. Catalog of the New World biting midges north of Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 2273: 1 - 48.

Coquillett, D. W. 1902. New Diptera from North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 83 - 126.

Dow, M. I., and E. C. Turner. 1976. A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Bezzia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Occasional Papers from the Department of Entomology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Research Division Bulletin 103: 1 - 162.

Kieffer, J. J. 1906. Diptera. Fam. Chironomidae. In: P. Wytsman (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Fasc. 42: 1 - 78, 4 pls.

Wilkening, A. J., D. L. Kline, and W. W. Wirth. 1985. An annotated checklist of the Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) of Florida with a new synonymy. Florida Entomologist 68: 511 - 537.

Wirth, W. W. 1983 b. The North American predaceous midges of the Bezzia bicolor group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Florida Entomologist 66: 292 - 310.

Abbreviations

FSCA	Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology
R	Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile
UV	Departamento de Biologia de la Universidad del Valle
BUTC	Boston University