Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) punctulata Lane, 1947

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 : 118-119

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) punctulata Lane

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) punctulata Lane, 1947: 204 (female; Brazil), Lane and Forattini, 1958: 220 (male; Brazil, Panamá), Wirth, 1974: 45 (catalogue of Neotropical species), Borkent and Wirth, 1997: 112 (catalogue of World species), Borkent and Spinelli, 2000: 54 (catalogue of Neotropical species), Cazorla and Marino, 2004: 75 (pupa), Borkent and Spinelli, 2007: 87 (in Neotropical catalogue), Borkent, 2012: 138 (online catalogue).

Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil (Mato Grosso and Rio de Janeiro), Colombia, Mexico (Tabasco), Panama and Peru.

Material examined

Brazil, Amazonas , Iranduba , Ilha da Marchantaria, Lago Camaleão, S. auriculata , 20 May 2011, Torreias and Ferreira-Keppler, 1 female (reared in laboratory, with pupal

exuvia) and 1 pupa (preserved in 70% ethanol); S. auriculata , 27 June 2011, Torreias col. 1 male (reared in laboratory, with exuvia pupal).

Comments

The immature stages were collected in S. auriculata . This is a new record of this species from the Amazonas State.