Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) pallidiventris (Malloch), 1915

Huerta, Herón & Grogan, William L., 2017, New species and new records of predaceous midges in the genera, Schizonyxhelea Clastrier and Stilobezzia Kieffer from Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Zootaxa 4294 (4), pp. 401-418 : 415

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.4.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5189498
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scientific name	Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) pallidiventris (Malloch)
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Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) pallidiventris (Malloch) View in CoL

Hartomyia pallidiventris Malloch, 1915: 344 View in CoL . Illinois. (female; figs.).

Stilobezzia pallidiventris: Johannsen 1943: 781 View in CoL (combination; in list of North American Ceratopogonidae View in CoL ). Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) pallidiventris: Wirth 1953: 78 View in CoL (female; in key to Nearctic Stilobezzia View in CoL ); Wirth 1965: 134 (in Nearctic catalog north of Mexico; distribution); Wirth & Grogan 1981: 65 (female, male, pupa diagnoses; figs; biology; distribution); Wilkening et al. 1985: 526 (Florida records); Borkent & Wirth 1997: 112 (in World catalog); Borkent & Grogan 2009: 22 (in Nearctic catalog north of Mexico; distribution); Borkent 2014: 225 (reference to pupae); Borkent 2016: 142 (in online World catalog).

Discussion. This species inhabits the Nearctic region in the USA from Illinois to New York, south to Alabama and Florida . We provide the first record in the Neotropical region from the state of Veracruz, Mexico .

Material examined. MEXICO, Veracruz, Municipi Alto Lucero, Localidad Arroyo Agrío, en potrero, LM-19, 19-Feb-2010, Trampa Malaise, Entomological Brigade JSV, 1 male. New Mexico Record.