Bezzia (Bezzia) naseri 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.3847258
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/37097034-F872-FFBF-FE31-3BA7FE91F820
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Bezzia (Bezzia) naseri Boorman & van Harten, 2002
status

Treatment

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

Bezzia naseri Boorman & van Harten, 2002: 457 View in CoL (♂, figure, description, Yemen).

Diagnosis

Scutum dark brown, scutellum paler. Legs yellowish, with brown bands; fore femur with faint dark band at apical ⅔; fore and mid tibiae with dark bands at/near proximal ⅓ and apex; mid femur with a single dark apical band; hind femur and tibia with wide dark sub-basal and subapical bands; fore femur armed with 2 spines. Male genitalia short, with long, evenly curved gonostylus, with pointed apical portion; parameres fused, with low basal arch, distal portion moderately stout, apex with 2 bifid pointed divergent processes; aedeagus slender, with broad base, low basal arch and blunt apex ( Boorman & van Harten 2002).

Distribution

Yemen.

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