Bezzia (Bezzia) flavicornis ( Staeger, 1839 )

Alwin-Kownacka, Alicja, Szadziewski, Ryszard & Szwedo, Jacek, 2017, Predatory midges of the tribes Palpomyiini and Sphaeromiini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Middle East, with keys and descriptions of new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 318, pp. 1-30 : 3-4

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Bezzia (Bezzia) flavicornis ( Staeger, 1839)

Ceratopogon flavicornis Staeger, 1839: 599 (♂, ♀, Denmark).

Ceratopogon flavipalpis Winnertz, 1852: 80 (♀, Germany).

Bezzia flavipluma Kieffer, 1919: 126 (♂, Hungary).

Bezzia spinifera Goetghebuer, 1920: 106 (♂, Belgium).

Bezzia spinosula Clastrier, 1962: 100 (♂, France).

Bezzia flavipalpis – Kieffer 1901: 153 (♀, key).

Bezzia flavicornis – Edwards 1926: 423 (♀, England; = C. flavipalpis , B. spinifera ?). — Goetghebuer 1934: 79 (♀, key, distribution). — Remm 1988: 30 (distribution; = C. flavipalpis , B. flavipluma , B. spinifera , B. spinosula ). — Krzywiński 1995: 138 (♀, ♂, Poland, Bulgaria, Switzerland, France, Denmark).

Bezzia spinifera – Zilahi-Sebess 1940: 106 (♂, Hungary).

Diagnosis

A large orange - brown species. Scutum and scutellum darker than remainder of thorax. Wing pale; wing length 2.20 mm; costal ratio 0.80. Palpus yellowish; palpal ratio 4.50. Fore femur with 2–4 ventral spines; fore and mid femora brownish; fore and mid tibiae brown with distinct yellow subapical band; hind femur and tibia dark brown; tarsi yellow, fith tarsomeres slightly darker; tarsal ratio of fore leg 2.10, of mid leg 2.20, of hind leg 2.00. Abdomen pale brown. Female with 2 large ovoid seminal capsules with short necks, one larger than the other. Male gonocoxite short, straight and thick; gonostylus short, simple, with blunt apex. Parameres fused, slightly expanded in middle, with V-shaped excavation on apical portion. Aedeagus Y-shaped, with long submedian process and blunt apex ( Clastrier 1962; Krzywiński 1995).

Material examined

ISRAEL: 1 ♀, Baniass, 24 Apr. 1982, F. Kaplan leg. ( TAU).

Distribution

Europe ( Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, Ukraine), central Russia, Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan ( Remm 1988; Szadziewski et al. 2013). We provide the first record of this species from Israel.

References

Clastrier J. 1962. Notes on Ceratopogonidae. XVI. Species of the genus Bezzia Kieffer or related species of the Palearctic Region. Archives de l'Institut Pasteur d'Algerie 40: 53 - 125.

Edwards, F. W. 1926. On the British biting midges (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 74: 389 - 426. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1926. tb 02249. x

Goetghebuer M. 1920. Ceratopogoninae de Belgique. Memoires du Musee royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique 8 (3): 1 - 116. Available from http: // biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 42372753 [accessed 4 Apr. 2017].

Goetghebuer M. 1934. A. Die Imagines. Heleidae (Ceratopogonidae). 13 a. In: Lindner E. (ed.) Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region: 1 - 94. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart.

Kieffer J. J. 1901. Synopse des representants europeens du groupe Ceratopogon, avec description d'especes nouvelles. Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire naturelle de Metz 9: 143 - 165. Available from http: // biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 33770412 [accessed 3 Apr. 2017].

Kieffer J. J. 1919. Chironomides d'Europe conserves au Musee national hongrois de Budapest. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 17: 1 - 160.

Krzywinski J. 1995. Rewizja Systematyczna Drapieznych Kuczmanow Plemienia Palpomyiini Polski (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). PhD Thesis (manuscript). Uniwersytet Gdanski, Gdansk, Poland.

Remm H. 1988. Family Ceratopogonidae. In: Soos A. & Papp L. (eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera 3: 11 - 110. Akademiai Kiado, Budapest.

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

Szadziewski R., Borkent A. & Dominiak P. 2013. Ceratopogonidae. In: Beuk P. & Pape T. (eds) Fauna Europaea: Diptera Nematocera. Fauna Europaea v. 2.6. 2. Available from http: // www. faunaeur. org [accessed 4 Apr. 2017].

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

Zilahi-Sebess G. 1940. Magyarorszag Heleidai. Folia Entomologica Hungarica 5: 10 - 133.