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

Subgenus Pygobezzia Remm, 1974

Type species

Bezzia strobli Kieffer, 1919 (= B. albicornis Meigen, 1818 ); 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) of the Middle East

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

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