Bezzia (Homobezzia) kuhetiensis Remm, 1967

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 : 7

Bezzia (Homobezzia) kuhetiensis Remm, 1967

Bezzia kuhetiensis Remm, 1967: 33 (♂, ♀, Azerbaijan).

Bezzia kuhetiensis – Turgut & Kilic 2015: 14 (♀, record, Turkey).

Diagnosis

Thorax brown, scutellum paler. Head brown. Palpus yellow. Flagellomeres 1–8 yellow, 9–13 brown on distal portions. Femora pale yellow or white, with dark brown band on apex; fore femur with small smoky area near apex, with 2 ventral spines; tibiae white, with dark brown bands on apical and basal portions; fore tibia with another dark brown band on middle portion; tarsomeres white, with darker apices. Wing pale. Abdomen pale brown. Female with 2 round seminal capsules with long, thick necks. Male genitalia with long tergite IX; gonocoxite stout, moderately short, slender, curved and gonostylus with sharply pointed apex; parameres fused, base W-shaped, with long, straight, slender distal process; aedeagus triangular, slender, with low basal arch and barely visible rounded apex ( Remm 1967).

Distribution

Azerbaijan, Ukraine ( Remm 1988). In the Middle East recorded from Turkey ( Turgut & Kilic 2015).