Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) kiefferi Lane, 1947

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 : 41

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scientific name	Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) kiefferi Lane
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Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) kiefferi Lane View in CoL

Stilobezzia kiefferi Lane, 1947: 205 ( Brazil) View in CoL .

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) kiefferi: Das Gupta and Wirth 1968: 140 View in CoL ; Wilkening et al. 1985: 526 (Florida records); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 22 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) punctipes Wirth, 1953a: 79 (Florida) View in CoL ; Wilkening et al. 1985: 526 (as synonym of S. kiefferi View in CoL ).

Discussion. Wilkening et al. (1985) recorded this primarily Neotropical species in Florida from Alachua, Citrus, Glades, Lake, Levy, Marion and Sarasota counties. We provide the first records from Collier, Hardee, Highlands and Putnam counties.

New records. Collier Co., Ochopee , Sept. 1971, F. S. Blanton, light trap, 1 female ( FSCA). Hardee Co. , Ona, July 1970, E. Irons, 3 females ( FSCA). Highlands Co. , Lake Placid , Archbold Biological Station, Sept. 1990, W. W. Wirth, at UV light, 2 females, 1 male ; same data except Buck Is. Ranch, IV.1991, 1 female ; same data except 6-IV-1991,1 male (all FSCA). Putnam Co., Red Water Lake , Weems Property, 27-28-V-1967, F. S. Blanton, 2 males ( FSCA) .

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.

Das Gupta, S. J., and W. W. Wirth. 1968. Revision of the Oriental species of Stilobezzia Kieffer (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). United States National Museum Bulletin 283: 1 - 149.

Lane, J. 1947. Especies Brasileiras de Stilobezzia (Dipt. Ceratopogonidae) e Zygoneura stonei nov. nom (Dipt. Mycetophilidae). Revista de Entomologia 18: 197 - 214.

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. 1953 a. Biting midges of the heleid genus Stilobezzia in North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 103: 57 - 85.