Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) nigerrima Ingram and Macfie, 1931

Cazorla, Carla G. & Spinelli, Gustavo R., 2014, A revision of the Patagonian predaceous midges of the subgenus Acanthohelea of Stilobezzia excluding the S. (A.) edwardsi group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Journal of Natural History 49 (3), pp. 155-209 : 178-179

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.939728
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4333033
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scientific name	Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) nigerrima Ingram and Macfie, 1931
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Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) nigerrima Ingram and Macfie, 1931 View in CoL

( Figure 15D View Figure 15 )

Stilobezzia nigerrima Ingram and Macfie, 1931: 196 View in CoL (female; Argentina).

Stilobezzia (Neostilobezzia) nigerrima: Das Gupta and Wirth, 1968:141 View in CoL (in list); Wirth, 1974: 43 (in catalogue of New World species south of USA).

Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) nigerrima: Spinelli and Wirth, 1993: 51 View in CoL (in list; Argentina); Borkent and Wirth, 1997: 233 (in World catalogue); Borkent and Spinelli, 2000:52 (in catalogue of species of southern USA); Cazorla and Spinelli, 2007: 181 (male; Chile); Borkent and Spinelli, 2007: 85 (in Neotropical synopsis); Borkent, 2014: 135 (in online World catalogue).

Diagnosis

The only Patagonian species of Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) with the thorax entirely dark brown, legs dark brown except coxae brown, trochanters and base of mid and hind femora slightly paler. Males sternite 9 with rounded, narrow, deep posteromedian excavation. Females anterior margin of sternite 8 convex with a U-shaped posteromedian excavation.

Distribution

Argentina (Río Negro), Chile (Malleco, Valdivia, Llanquihue, Chiloé) ( Figure 19 View Figure 19 ).

Types

Holotype female, 1 female paratype, Argentina, Prov. Río Negro, Bariloche , 1 December 1926, F. and M. Edwards ( BMNH).

Other specimens examined

Chile, Malleco prov. , Parque Nacional Nahuelbuta, 26 December 1984, J. A. Downes, 2 females, sweep net (JAD 1682/2/7,101) ( CNCI) ; Valdivia prov., Isla Teja , 28 December 1984, J. A. Downes, 1 male, sweep net (JAD 1684/1/2) ( CNCI) ; same data except Osorno around Los Ulmos, 29 December 1984, 1 female (JAD 1687/3/1) ( CNCI) ; Puringe Pobre , 8 January 1985, J. A. Downes, 2 females, sweep net (JAD 1692/1/24,25) ( CNCI) ; Llanquihue prov. , road to Los Ulmos, 29 December 1984, J. A. Downes, 1 female, sweep net (JAD 1685/1/5) ( CNCI) ; Chiloé prov. , Huillinco, 3 January 1985, J. A. Downes, 3 females, 2 males, sweep net (JAD 1690/3/6,8,9,20,21) ( CNCI) ; same data except 4 January 1985, 3 females (JAD 1691/2/45,57,56) ( CNCI) .

Remarks

This species was redescribed and illustrated in detail by Cazorla and Spinelli (2007).

References

Borkent A, Wirth WW. 1997. Word species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Bull Am Mus Nat Hist. 233: 1 - 257.

Borkent A, Spinelli GR. 2000. Catalogue of the new world biting midges south of the United States of America (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Contrib Entomol Int. 4: 1 - 107.

Borkent A, Spinelli GR. 2007. Neotropical Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Insecta). In: Adis J, Arias JR, Rueda-Delgado G, Wantzen KM, editors. Aquatic biodiversity in Latin America (ABLA). Vol. 4. Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft; p. 198.

Borkent A. 2014. World species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) [Internet]. 238 pp; [cited 2014 March]. Available from: http: // wwx. inhs. illinois. edu / files / 9913 / 9144 / 3328 / CeratopogonidaeCatalog. pdf

Cazorla CG, Spinelli GR. 2007. A new species of Patagonian Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) and a redescription of S. (A.). nigerrima Ingram & Macfie (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Trans Am Entomol Soc. 133: 181 - 187. doi: 10.3157 / 0002 - 8320 (2007) 133 [181: ANSOPS] 2.0. CO; 2

Das Gupta SK, Wirth WW. 1968. Revision of the oriental species of Stilobezzia Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Whashington (DC): Smithsonian Institution Press; 149 pp.

Ingram A, Macfie JWS. 1931. Ceratopogonidae. In: Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. Part II. Fasc. 4: 155 - 232.

Spinelli GR, Wirth WW. 1993. Los Ceratopogonidae de la Argentina (Insecta: Diptera). In: de Castellanos Z, editor. Fauna de agua dulce de la Republica Argentina. Volumen 38. Diptera fasciculo 3. Ceratopogonidae. Buenos Aires: Profadu (CONICET); p. 1 - 121.

Wirth WW. 1974. Family Ceratopogonidae. In: Papavero N, editor. A catalog of the Diptera of the Americas South of the United States, fasc. 14. Sao Paulo: Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria da Agricultura; p. 1 - 89.

Figures

Figure 15. Male genitalia: (A) Stilobezzia (A.) curvistyla Cazorla and Spinelli (ventral view); (B) Stilobezzia (A.) curvistyla (dorsal view); (C) Stilobezzia (A.) longisternalis Cazorla and Spinelli (ventral view); (D) Stilobezzia (A.) nigerrima Ingram and Macfie (ventral view).