Bezzia Kieffer, 1899

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 : 3

Subgenus Bezzia Kieffer, 1899

Diagnosis

Fore femur with or without ventral spines. Male flagellum with flagellomere 10 elongate, longer than distal segments 11–13. Male flagellar plume well developed. Male aedeagus without spicules on ventral membrane; gonostylus elongate, simple ( Krzywiński 1995).

Key to males of Bezzia (Bezzia) of the Middle East

1. Fore femur with l or more ventral spines..........................................................................................2

– Fore femur without ventral spines.....................................................................................................3

2. Hind femur and tibia uniformly brown; gonostylus with blunt apex ............................................... .............................................................................................................. B. flavicornis ( Staeger, 1839)

– Hind femur and tibia yellow, with brown subapical and subbasal bands; gonostylus with sharply pointed apex ........................................................................ B. naseri Boorman & van Harten, 2002

3. Sternite IX of male genitalia very long; gonostylus with sharply pointed apex ................................ ...................................................................................... B. libanensis Alwin & Szadziewski sp. nov.

– Sternite IX of male genitalia short; gonostylus with blunt apex ..................................................... ........................................................................................... B. mellori Boorman & van Harten, 2002