Bezzia (Bezzia) flavitarsis Malloch, 1914

William L. Grogan, Jr., Hribar, Lawrence J., Murphree, C. Steven & Cilek, James E., 2010, New records of biting and predaceous midges from Florida, including species new to the fauna of the United States (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (147), pp. 1-59 : 47

Bezzia (Bezzia) flavitarsis Malloch

Bezzia flavitarsis Malloch, 1914c: 283 (Illinois) .

Bezzia (Pseudobezzia) flavitarsis: Wirth 1951: 323 ; Dow and Turner 1976: 34 (revision of Nearctic Bezzia ; distribution).

Bezzia (Bezzia) flavitarsis: Wilkening et al. 1985: 529 (Collier Co., Florida record); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 26 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Discussion. This species is currently known from Ontario and New Brunswick, Canada and south to California, Montana and Florida ( Borkent and Grogan 2009). Wilkening et al. (1985) recorded it only from Collier Co. in Florida. We provide the first records from Alachua, Highlands, Jackson, Leon and Liberty counties.

New records. Alachua Co., Gainesville, Chantilly Acres , 3 May-11 June 1967, F. S. Blanton, 7 females, 1 male ( USNM) ; Gainesville, Oak Crest , 15-IV-1985, W. W. Wirth, UVLT, 1 female, same data except 4- IV-1986, 1 female ( FSCA). Highlands Co., Sebring , Highlands Hamm. St. Park , 15-IV-1970, W. W. Wirth, light trap, 1 female ( USNM). Jackson Co. , Fla. Caverns St. Park , 26-V-1973, W. W. Wirth, light trap, 3 females, 6 males ; same data except 24 April 1981, 2 females ( USNM). Leon Co., Tallahassee , May 1970, F. S. Blanton, LT, 1 female ( USNM). Liberty Co., Torreya St. Pk. , 20-V-1966, H. V. Weems, 1 female ; same data except 22 April 1967, 1 male ( USNM) .