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 : 2-3

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.3847302

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/37097034-F876-FFB8-FDAB-3B7BFAF1FDFA

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Carolina

scientific name

Bezzia Kieffer, 1899
status

 

Genus Bezzia Kieffer, 1899 View in CoL View at ENA

Type species

Ceratopogon ornatus Meigen, 1830 View in CoL ; by original designation.

Diagnosis

Body nearly bare, with robust thorax. Wing with 1 radial cell; membrane without macrotrichia. Legs slender; fore femur with 0–12 ventral spines, mid and hind femora sometimes with ventral spines; fourth tarsomeres short, more or less cordiform; fifth tarsomeres of female without ventral batonnets; female claws simple, equal-sized, usually with small inner tooth. Female abdomen with paired internal tergal apodemes and usually 2 seminal capsules. Male genitalia with short tergite IX; parameres fused, usually rod-like but sometimes variable in shape; gonostylus well developed (de Meillon & Wirth 1991).

Key to males of subgenera of Middle East Bezzia View in CoL View at ENA

1. Aedeagus shield-shaped, with slender, long submedian process ( Fig. 3C View Fig ).......................................2

– Aedeagus Y-shaped, without slender, long submedian process ( Fig. 1J View Fig ).......................................3

2. Gonocoxite elongate, slender; gonostylus short, divided into 3–4 tooth-like lobes .......................... ...................................................................................................................... Pygobezzia Remm, 1974 View in CoL

– Gonocoxite short, stout; gonostylus long, slender, not divided into lobes ........................................ ....................................................................................................................... Sivabezzia Remm, 1974 View in CoL

3. Aedeagus bare; flagellomere 10 longer than 11 ( Fig. 1C View Fig ) .................................... Bezzia Kieffer, 1899 View in CoL

– Aedeagus covered with short, spine-like setae; flagellomere 10 shorter than 11 ( Fig. 2B View Fig ) ............. ................................................................................................................... Homobezzia Macfie, 1932

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ceratopogonidae

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