Bezzia (Pygobezzia), Remm, 1974

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 : 10

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.3847282

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/37097034-F87E-FFB3-FD98-3FFDFAF1FBCC

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Bezzia (Pygobezzia)
status

 

Subgenus Pygobezzia Remm, 1974 View in CoL

Type species

Bezzia strobli Kieffer, 1919 View in CoL (= B. albicornis Meigen, 1818 View in CoL ); by original designation.

Diagnosis

Fore femur with 2–4 ventral spines. Male flagellomere 10 elongate, longer than 11–13; and the flagellar plume is well developed. Aedeagus with slender and very long median process, which is strongly bent dorsally on proximal portion. Gonocoxite slender, elongate; gonostylus reduced, very short, divided into 3–4 tooth-like lobes.

Key to males of Bezzia (Pygobezzia) View in CoL of the Middle East

1. Parameres swollen on distal portion, with lateral ribs; scutellum with six large setae ................. .............................................................................................................. B. albicornis ( Meigen, 1818) View in CoL

– Parameres swollen on proximal portion, without lateral ribs; scutellum with four large setae ..... ............................................................................................................... B. fuliginata Clastrier, 1962 View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Ceratopogonidae

Genus

Bezzia

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