Bezzia (Pygobezzia), Remm, 1974

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 : 10

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.318
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3847282
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scientific name	Bezzia (Pygobezzia)
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Subgenus Pygobezzia Remm, 1974 View in CoL

Type species

Bezzia strobli Kieffer, 1919 View in CoL (= B. albicornis Meigen, 1818 View in CoL ); by original designation.

Diagnosis

Fore femur with 2–4 ventral spines. Male flagellomere 10 elongate, longer than 11–13; and the flagellar plume is well developed. Aedeagus with slender and very long median process, which is strongly bent dorsally on proximal portion. Gonocoxite slender, elongate; gonostylus reduced, very short, divided into 3–4 tooth-like lobes.

Key to males of Bezzia (Pygobezzia) View in CoL of the Middle East

1. Parameres swollen on distal portion, with lateral ribs; scutellum with six large setae ................. .............................................................................................................. B. albicornis ( Meigen, 1818) View in CoL

– Parameres swollen on proximal portion, without lateral ribs; scutellum with four large setae ..... ............................................................................................................... B. fuliginata Clastrier, 1962 View in CoL

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.

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

Meigen J. W. 1818. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten Europaischen Zweiflugeligen Insekten. Part 1. Beaufort Sohn, Aachen, Germany. Available from http: // biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 12741784 [accessed 4 Apr. 2017].

Remm H. 1974. A review of species of the genus Bezzia Kieffer (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) from the fauna of the USSR. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 53: 429 - 442.