Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) elegantula (Johannsen)

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 : 117

Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) elegantula (Johannsen)

Bezzia elegantula Johannsen, 1907: 109 (female; EUA, Kansas).

Probezzia elegantula (Johannsen) ; Malloch, 1914: 137 (combination).

Parabezzia elegantula (Johannsen) ; Malloch, 1915: 359 (combination).

Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) subsessilis Kieffer, 1917: 311 .

Parabezzia (Eukraiohelea) elegantula (Johannsen) ; Johannsen, 1934: 345 (notes; status).

Eukraiohelea elegantula (Johannsen), 1943: 781 (combination).

Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) elegantula (Johannsen) in part, female; Wirth, 1953: 62 (combination; redescribed; figs.; distribution); Wirth, 1974: 43 (Neotropical catalogue); Wirth and Grogan, 1981: 78 (redescribed; figs., Potomac Valley records); Wilkening et al., 1985: 525 (Florida records); Wirth and Spinelli, 1992: 342 (redescription); Borkent and Spinelli, 2007: 86 (in Neotropical catalogue); Borkent and Grogan, 2009: 22 (in Nearctic catalogue; distribution); Grogan et al. 2010: 39 (Florida record); Borkent, 2012: 135 (online catalogue).

Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) maculitibia Lane and Forattini, 1956: 207 .

Distribution

Argentina, Mexico (Yucatán), Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico (?), USA (Kansas, Maryland, Louisiana, Florida).

Material examined

Brazil, Amazonas , Iranduba , Ilha da Marchantaria, Lago Camaleão, E. crassipes , 18 April 2011, Torreias and Ferreira-Keppler, 2 males and 1 female (reared in laboratory, with pupal exuviae) .

Comments

The subgenus Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) is known in Brazil by two species: Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) amnigena (Macfie) recorded in the Maranhão State, and Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) dorsofasciata (Lutz) from Rio de Janeiro State. This is a new record of Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) elegantula from the Brazilian Amazon and Amazonas State. The immature forms collected, but not described, is currently being extensively studied.