Bezzia (Bezzia) mellori Boorman & van Harten, 2002

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 : 6

Bezzia (Bezzia) mellori Boorman & van Harten, 2002

Bezzia mellori Boorman & van Harten, 2002: 456 (♂, figure, description, Oman).

Diagnosis

An orange - brown species. Scutum with darker band on lateral sides, humeral areas paler. Legs pale; femorotibial joints darker; femora unarmed; fore femur with darker dorsal central area near apex; mid femur with narrow, darker dorsal area on apical portion; hind femur and tibiae with vague indications of similar markings. Male genitalia with rather long gonocoxite and short, blunt gonostylus; parameres fused, slender with broad base and expanded slender, triangular, with blunt appendix and high basal arch ( Boorman & van Harten 2002).

Distribution

Oman.