New species and new records of predaceous midges in the genera, Schizonyxhelea Clastrier and Stilobezzia Kieffer from Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Author
Huerta, Herón
Author
Grogan, William L.
text
Zootaxa
2017
4294
4
401
418
journal article
32636
10.11646/zootaxa.4294.4.1
f3e2e226-a609-453b-995f-b5bee31a5642
1175-5326
832774
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Schizonyxhelea bulla
(Thomsen)
Stilobezzia bulla
Thomsen, 1935
: 289
.
New York
. (male, female; figs.; distribution);
Thomsen 1937
: 70
(larva, pupa; figs.; habitat notes);
Johannsen 1943
: 781
(in list of North American
Ceratopogonidae
; distribution);
Mullen & Hribar 1988
: 65
(larval habitat);
Borkent 1995
: 98
(interpretation of aedeagal characters); Borkent 2000: 866 (discussion of pupal, adult characters).
Stilobezzia
(
Stilobezzia
)
bulla
:
Wirth 1953
: 74
(male, female; fig. male genitalia; distribution;
Wirth 1965
: 134
(in Nearctic catalog north of Mexico; distribution);
Wirth & Grogan 1981
: 70
(female, male, pupa, larva; figs.; biology; distribution);
Wilkening
et al
. 1985
: 526
(Florida records);
Porch
et al.
1992
: 172
(adults captured by sundews; Florida);
Borkent & Wirth 1997
: 110
(in World catalog); Borkent & Grogan 2009: 22 (in Nearctic catalog north of Mexico; distribution);
Grogan
et al
. 2010
: 40
(new Florida records);
Ronderos
et al.
2012
: 15
(discussion of larval, pupal characters).
Schizonyxhelea bulla
:
Borkent 2014
: 66
(combination; in World list of
Schizonyxhelea
species, in review of pupae of
Ceratopogonidae
);
Borkent 2016
: 134
(in online World catalog).
Discussion.
This very common species is widely distributed in the
eastern
Nearctic
region from
Ontario
and
Quebec
,
Canada
, south to Louisiana and Florida
.
We provide the first records in the
Neotropical region
from
Veracruz
,
Mexico
.
Material Examined
.
MEXICO
,
Veracruz
,
Municipio Actopan
,
Localidad El Farrallón
,
13–14-Ago-2009
, en potrero cercano a la localidad,
Trampa Malaise, C
. Pérez-Rentería &
A. Rodríguez-Atanacio
,
1 male
;
5 females
,
2 males
(OH).
New
Mexico
Record
.