Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) pallidiventris (Malloch)

Hartomyia pallidiventris Malloch, 1915: 344 . Illinois. (female; figs.).

Stilobezzia pallidiventris: Johannsen 1943: 781 (combination; in list of North American Ceratopogonidae). Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) pallidiventris: Wirth 1953: 78 (female; in key to Nearctic Stilobezzia); Wirth 1965: 134 (in Nearctic catalog north of Mexico; distribution); Wirth & Grogan 1981: 65 (female, male, pupa diagnoses; figs; biology; distribution); Wilkening et al. 1985: 526 (Florida records); Borkent & Wirth 1997: 112 (in World catalog); Borkent & Grogan 2009: 22 (in Nearctic catalog north of Mexico; distribution); Borkent 2014: 225 (reference to pupae); Borkent 2016: 142 (in online World catalog).

Discussion. This species inhabits the Nearctic region in the USA from Illinois to New York, south to Alabama and Florida . We provide the first record in the Neotropical region from the state of Veracruz, Mexico .

Material examined. MEXICO, Veracruz, Municipi Alto Lucero, Localidad Arroyo Agrío, en potrero, LM-19, 19-Feb-2010, Trampa Malaise, Entomological Brigade JSV, 1 male. New Mexico Record.