Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) quasielegantula Cazorla & Felippe-Bauer, 2017

Da Silva, Irene M., Ferreira-Keppler, Ruth L. & Cazorla, Carla G., 2023, Stilobezzia Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Brazilian Amazon: three new species, redescription of S. (Stilobezzia) maculata Lane and new records, Zootaxa 5249 (4), pp. 485-499 : 495

Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) quasielegantula Cazorla & Felippe-Bauer

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Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) quasielegantula Cazorla & Felippe-Bauer 2017 : in Cazorla et al. 2017: 566 (male, female, Brazil). Borkent & Dominiak 2020: 177 (in Online World Catalog); Santarém & Felippe-Bauer 2022: 19 (Brazilian biting midges Catalog; distribution).

Type. Holotype male, labeled: “ Stilobezzia (Eukraiohelea) quasielegantula Cazorla & Felippe-Bauer , BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro, Casimiro de Abreu, Union Biological Reserve (22°25′35″ S – 42°02′04″ W), 07.xi–13.xii.2013, “Biota Diptera Fluminense ” team col., Malaise trap ”, ( CCER) . Allotype female, 30 paratypes: 9 males, 8 females, same data as holotype (7 males, 6 females ( CCER); 2 males, 2 females, ( MLPA); 1 male, 1 female same data except 25.viii–26.xi.2013 ( CCER).

Material examined. BRAZIL, Amazonas , Manaus, Campina Biological Reserve; 02º36′19.01″ S – 60º02′11.74″ W, suspensa trap, 23.viii–04.ix.2018, I.M. Da Silva and R. L. Ferreira-Keppler, 1 male, 2 females ; Campinarana , Malaise trap, 04–23.x.2018, 1 male .

Comments. This Neotropical species was described by Cazorla & Felippe-Bauer (2017), with prior knowledge for the state of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. We provide the first record of this species from the state of Amazonas, that was collected in the Campina Biological Reserve located, in the rural region of Manaus.

Figures

FIGURES 44–49. Habitus. 44. S. (E.) proxima, male; 45. S. (E.) proxima, female; 46. S. (E.) quasielegantula, male. 47. S. (S.) chaconi, female; 48. S. (S.) glauca, male; 49. S. (S.) glauca, female.