New species and new records of the predaceous midge genus Parabezzia Malloch (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Brazil Author Felippe-Bauer, Maria Luiza Author Spinelli, Gustavo R. text Zootaxa 2015 3915 3 390 402 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3915.3.4 73180c79-602c-4b84-a8d0-d2f2371cbc42 1175-5326 233823 B06C27E3-A16A-4B88-A9B3-4819E98A5AE4 Parabezzia casimirensis Felippe-Bauer & Spinelli , sp. nov. Figs. 14–20 Diagnosis . The only Neotropical species of the Parabezzia brunnea group in which the females are large (wing length 1.2–1.4 mm ), the fore and hind tarsomeres 5 have prominent ventral swelling, and the hind tarsal claws are slightly longer than the fore and mid ones, with the mid claws smaller. Female . Head brown. Eyes separated by V-shaped space equal to diameter of 2.5 (n=4) ommatidia at level of interocular setae ( Fig. 18 ). Antennal flagellum pale brown ( Fig. 15 ); pedicel brown; antennal ratio 1.07–1.12 (1.08, n=4). Clypeus with 12–14 slender setae. Palpus pale brown ( Fig. 16 ); segment 3 with few capitate hyaline sensilla on inner mesal surface; palpal ratio 3.6–3.8 (3.7, n=4). Mandible with 7–9 teeth. Thorax dark brown. Scutum with 4 presutural, 4–5 posterolateral setae; scutellum with 9–11 (4–6 stout, 5–6 delicate) setae. Wing (Fig. 14) length 1.2–1.4 (1.3, n=4) mm; breadth 0.54–0.63 (n=0.58, n=4) mm; membrane slightly infuscated; Sc, M, r-m, R1 and R3 brown; wing sections lenght 770–530–65µ, two setae on costa proximad of basal arculus; costal fringe long in margin and center of costa, uniformly distributed along margin of vein and sparsely distributed on center of vein in the distal ½ of section I and in sections II and III; R3 ending at 0.98 of wing lenght; costal extension reaching 0.37–0.48 (0.42, n=4) the length from tip of R3 to tip of M1. Halter pale brown. Legs brown ( Fig. 20 ), hind legs darker; hind tibial comb with 7–10, commonly 10 spines (n=4); tarsi paler ( Fig. 19 ), palisade setae in single row on hind tarsomere 1; fore and hind tarsomere 5 with prominent ventral swelling, inconspicuous on mid tarsomere 5; hind tarsal claws slightly longer than fore and mid tarsal claws, being the mid claws the smallest, lengths of larger and smaller talons of fore, mid and hind claws: 115/45 – 98/33 – 135/50 µ (n=4); longest talon of fore, mid and hind leg claws smaller than lenght of their respective tarsomeres 5, LC/T ratios of fore, mid and hind legs 0.85–0.85–0.94 (n=4); hind tarsal ratio 2.6–2.8 (2.7, n=4). FIGURE 14. Parabezzia casimirensis sp. nov. , female. A. Wing; B. Wing base, showing costa; C. Wing apex, showing r3. FIGURES 15–20. Parabezzia casimirensis sp. nov. , female. 15. Antenna; 16. Palpus, lateral view; 17. Spermathecae; 18. Eyes separation, anterior view; 19. Tarsi (left to right) fore, mid-and hind tarsomeres, lateral view; 20. Legs (left to right) of fore, mid- and hindlegs, lateral view. Abdomen brown. Two subequal ovoid spermathecae ( Fig. 17 ) with very short necks, when present, measuring 77.5 X 60 µ and 70 X 55 µ (n=4). Male . Unknown. Distribution . Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). Types . Holotype ♀, BRAZIL , Rio de Janeiro, Casimiro de Abreu, Union Biological Reserve (22° 25′ 35″ S, 42° 2′ 4″ W), 28.XII.2012 – 31.I.2013 , “ Biota Diptera Fluminense ” team col., Malaise trap (CCER). Paratypes , 3 ♀: 1 ♀, same data as holotype (CCER), 2 ♀, same data as holotype except 16.III–25.IV.2013 (CCER; MLP). Etymology . This species is named after the originairies of Casimiro de Abreu, municipality of Rio de Janeiro State, where the specimens were collected. Taxonomic discussion . Parabezzia casimirensis differs from the other Neotropical species of the brunnea species group by its wing length 1.2–1.4 mm ( 1.03 mm in P. caribbeana , 1.00 mm in P. arenosa , 0.93–0.98 mm in P. unica sp. nov. ), by the fore and hind tarsomere 5 with prominent ventral swelling, inconspicuous on mid tarsomere 5 (ventral swelling absent on hind tarsomere 5 in P. a re n os a and P. caribbeana , on mid tarsomere 5 in P. unica sp. nov. , on all tarsomeres in P. brunnea ), and by the hind tarsal ratio 2.6–2.8 ( 2.4 in P. arenosa , 2.5 in P . caribbeana and P. indistincta sp. nov. , 3.6 in P. fuscipennis ).