Neobezzia fittkaui Wirth and Ratanaworabhan

Torreias, S. R. S., Ferreira-Keppler, R. L. & Ronderos, M. M., 2013, Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae: Diptera) present in aquatic macrophytes from wetlands of Marchantaria Island, Iranduba, Central Amazonia, Brazil, Journal of Natural History 48 (1 - 2), pp. 109-122 : 115-116

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2013.791934
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10536632
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/98518792-A865-6D48-FE70-FB0DFD5A1389
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Neobezzia fittkaui Wirth and Ratanaworabhan
status

Treatment

Neobezzia fittkaui Wirth and Ratanaworabhan View in CoL

Neobezzia fittkaui Wirth and Ratanaworabhan, 1972: 489 View in CoL (female; Brazil); Borkent and Wirth, 1997: 120 (in world catalogue); Borkent and Spinelli, 2000: 59 (in catalogue of species south of USA); Borkent and Spinelli, 2007: 91 (in Neotropical catalogue); Ronderos et al., 2011: 474 (description of male and pupa); Borkent, 2012: 148 (online catalogue).

Distribution

Brazil (Amazonas).

Material examined

Brazil, Amazonas , Iranduba , Ilha da Marchantaria, Lago Camaleão, S. auriculata, Marino, Díaz and Torreias , 27 July 2010, 3 males and 2 females (reared in laboratory,

with exuvia pupal), Lago Camaleão, P. stratiotes, Marino, Díaz and Torreias , 27 July 2010, 1 male (reared in laboratory, with pupal exuvia).

Comments

Neobezzia is exclusively Neotropical ( Borkent and Spinelli 2007). Neobezzia albitarsis Wirth and Ratanaworabhan , N. amnicola (Macfie) , N. blantoni Wirth and Ratanaworabhan and N. clavipes Wirth and Ratanaworabhan are recorded in Brazilian Amazon, from Amazonas, Pará and Rondônia States. Ronderos et al. (2011) described for the first time the pupa of the genus Neobezzia .