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

Bezzia ( Homobezzia) circumdata (Staeger)

Ceratopogon circumdata Staeger, 1839: 596 ( Denmark) .

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

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

Ceratopogon solstitialis Winnertz, 1852: 78 (Europe) .

Bezzia solstitialis: Kieffer 1901: 153 (combination).

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

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).