Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) beckae Wirth, 1953

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 : 39-40

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scientific name	Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) beckae Wirth
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Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) beckae Wirth View in CoL

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) beckae Wirth, 1953a: 69 (Florida) View in CoL ; Wilkening et al. 1985: 526 (Florida records); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 22 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Discussion. This moderately common eastern species was listed by Wilkening et al. (1985) from 12 Florida counties including Wakulla Co. We provide an additional record from Wakulla Co. and the first record from Highlands Co.

New records. Highlands Co., Lake Placid, Archbold Biological Station, 15-IV-1989, W. W. Wirth, at UV light, 1 female (P) (FSCA). Wakulla Springs State Park, Lodge Road, 25 May 2004, S. Murphree, CDC light trap with UV wand, 1 female (BUTC).

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.

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.