Bezzia (Homobezzia) circumdata (Staeger)

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 : 50-51

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scientific name	Bezzia (Homobezzia) circumdata (Staeger)
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Bezzia (Homobezzia) circumdata (Staeger) View in CoL

Ceratopogon circumdata Staeger, 1839: 596 ( Denmark) .

Palpomyia (Palpomyia) circumdata: Kieffer 1906: 63 (combination).

Bezzia circumdata: Borkent and Wirth 1997: 129 View in CoL (in World Catalog; as synonym of B. solstitialis (Staeger)) View in CoL . Bezzia (Homobezzia) circumdata: Borkent and Grogan 2009: 27 View in CoL (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Ceratopogon solstitialis Winnertz, 1852: 78 (Europe) View in CoL .

Bezzia solstitialis: Kieffer 1901: 153 View in CoL (combination).

Bezzia (Homobezzia) solstitialis: Wirth et al. 1984: 165 View in CoL (revision of Nearctic annulipes group; distribution); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 27 (in Nearctic catalog; as synonym of B. circumdata View in CoL ).

Discussion. Wirth et al. (1984) and Wilkening et al. (1985) listed this species (as B. solstitialis ) from Alachua, Jackson, Levy, Marion, Santa Rosa and Walton counties. We provide the first records from Leon and Wakulla Counties.

New records. Leon Co., Tall Timbers Res. Sta., 29-V-1973, W. W. Wirth, light trap, 1 male (FSCA). Wakulla Co., Wakulla Springs State Park, Lodge Road, 25 May 2004, S. Murphree, CDC light trap with UV wand, 2 females (BUTC).

References

Borkent, A., and W. W. Wirth. 1997. World species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 233: 1 - 257.

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

Kieffer, J. J. 1901. Synopse des representants europeens du groupe Ceratopogon avec description de quelques especes nouvelles. Bulletin de la Naturelle de Metz 9: 143 - 165.

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

Staeger, R. C. 1839. Systematisk fortegnelse over de i Danmark hidtil fundne Diptera. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 2: 549 - 600.

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.

Winnertz, J. 1852. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Gattung Ceratopogon Meigen. Linnaea Entomologica 6: 1 - 80.

Wirth, W. W., S. M. Palchick, and L. Forster. 1984. The North American predaceous midges of the Bezzia annulipes group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 86: 155 - 175.