Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) beckae Wirth, 1953

Huerta, Herón & Grogan, William L., 2017, New species and new records of predaceous midges in the genera, Schizonyxhelea Clastrier and Stilobezzia Kieffer from Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Zootaxa 4294 (4), pp. 401-418 : 412

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) beckae Wirth

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) beckae Wirth, 1953: 69 . Florida. (male, female; fig. male genitalia); Lane & Forattini 1961: 88 (in key to Neotropical Stilobezzia ; comments); Wirth 1965: 134 (in Nearctic catalog north of Mexico; distribution); Wirth 1974: 44 (in New World catalog south of the USA; distribution); Wirth & Grogan 1981: 5 (female, male diagnoses; figs.; in key; biology; distribution); Wilkening et al. 1985: 526 (Florida records); Borkent & Wirth 1997: 110 (in World catalog); Huerta et al. 1999: 496 (Mexico records); Borkent & Spinelli 2000: 53 (in New World catalog south of the USA; distribution); Huerta 2002: 56 (female, male diagnoses; figs.; in key; distribution); Cazorla et al. 2005: 290 (distribution); Borkent & Spinelli 2007: 86 (in Neotropical catalog; distribution); Borkent & Grogan 2009: 22 (in Nearctic catalog north of Mexico; distribution); Grogan et al. 2010: 39 (new Florida records; distribution); Borkent 2016: 140 (in online World catalog).

Discussion. This species was originally described from the USA from Florida (type locality) and Mississippi and also from Peru ( Wirth 1953). It was subsequently recorded from Panama by Wirth (1974), and Maryland , USA by Wirth & Grogan (1981) who provided detailed illustrations of several female characters and male genitalia. It was first recorded from Mexico by Huerta et al. (1999) from the state of Yucatan based on several specimens collected with Malaise and CDC traps. We provide additional new Mexican records from the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz.

Material Examined. MEXICO, Oaxaca, Municipio San Juan Juichicovi , Localidad El Zacatal, 27–28 jul- 2009, en potrero, Trampa CDC, B. Salceda-Sánchez, A. Rodríguez-Atanacio & J. Ordoñez-Álvarez, 460 meters, 1 female (OH) . Veracruz, Actopan , Localidad Arroyo Agrío , 27-jun-2006, Trampa CDC, Entomological Brigade, GPS: 19°42´24´´N, 96°25´52.5´´W, 32 meters, 2 females; Alto Lucero, LC-19, 5-sept-2008, Trampa CDC –UV, selva baja, Entomological Brigade JSV, 4 female (OH); Localidad La Mancha, 16-Abr-2010, en Selva Baja, trampa CDC-Luz-UV, 67-3, Entomological Brigade JSV, 1 male (OH) . New Mexico Records.