Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) viridis (Coquillett)

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 : 42

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) viridis (Coquillett)

Ceratopogon viridis Coquillett, 1901: 607 (New Jersey).

Ceratolophus viridis: Kieffer 1906: 61 (combination).

Johannseniella viridis: Malloch 1914b: 227 (combination).

Hartomyia viridis: Malloch 1915a: 342 (combination).

Stilobezzia viridis: Johannsen 1943: 781 (combination).

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) viridis: Wirth 1953a: 84 (combination; revision of Nearctic Stilobezzia ); Wilkening et al. 1985: 526 (Florida records); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 22 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Discussion. Wilkening et al. (1985) recorded this moderately common eastern species from seven Florida counties, including Wakulla Co. We provide additional records from this county.

New records. Wakulla Co., Wakulla Springs State Park, Lodge Road, 25 May 2004, S. Murphree, CDC light trap with UV wand, 2 males, 1 female (BUTC).