Bezzia (Bezzia) mellori Boorman & van Harten, 2002

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 : 6

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.318
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:541EA4D0-3883-4190-8E10-FF7CAC1BB035
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3847244
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/37097034-F872-FFBF-FE0E-3DB2FE8AFA7B
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Bezzia (Bezzia) mellori Boorman & van Harten, 2002
status

Treatment

Bezzia (Bezzia) mellori Boorman & van Harten, 2002 View in CoL

Bezzia mellori Boorman & van Harten, 2002: 456 View in CoL (♂, figure, description, Oman).

Diagnosis

An orange - brown species. Scutum with darker band on lateral sides, humeral areas paler. Legs pale; femorotibial joints darker; femora unarmed; fore femur with darker dorsal central area near apex; mid femur with narrow, darker dorsal area on apical portion; hind femur and tibiae with vague indications of similar markings. Male genitalia with rather long gonocoxite and short, blunt gonostylus; parameres fused, slender with broad base and expanded slender, triangular, with blunt appendix and high basal arch ( Boorman & van Harten 2002).

Distribution

Oman.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Ceratopogonidae
Genus	Bezzia