New records of biting and predaceous midges from Florida, including species new to the fauna of the United States (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Author
William L. Grogan, Jr.
Author
Hribar, Lawrence J.
Author
Murphree, C. Steven
Author
Cilek, James E.
text
Insecta Mundi
2010
2010-10-15
2010
147
1
59
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5352908
1942-1354
5352908
Bezzia
(
Homobezzia
)
circumdata
(Staeger)
Ceratopogon circumdata
Staeger, 1839: 596
(
Denmark
)
.
Palpomyia
(
Palpomyia
)
circumdata
:
Kieffer 1906: 63
(combination).
Bezzia circumdata
:
Borkent and Wirth 1997: 129
(in World Catalog; as synonym of
B
.
solstitialis
(Staeger))
.
Bezzia
(
Homobezzia
)
circumdata
:
Borkent and Grogan 2009: 27
(in Nearctic catalog; distribution).
Ceratopogon solstitialis
Winnertz, 1852: 78
(Europe)
.
Bezzia solstitialis
:
Kieffer 1901: 153
(combination).
Bezzia
(
Homobezzia
)
solstitialis
:
Wirth et al. 1984: 165
(revision of Nearctic annulipes group; distribution);
Borkent and Grogan 2009: 27
(in Nearctic catalog; as synonym of
B. circumdata
).
Discussion.
Wirth et al. (1984)
and
Wilkening et al. (1985)
listed this species (as
B. solstitialis
) from Alachua, Jackson, Levy, Marion,
Santa Rosa
and Walton counties. We provide the first records from
Leon
and Wakulla Counties.
New records.
Leon
Co., Tall Timbers Res. Sta.,
29-V-1973
, W. W. Wirth, light trap,
1 male
(FSCA). Wakulla Co., Wakulla Springs State Park, Lodge Road,
25 May 2004
, S. Murphree, CDC light trap with UV wand,
2 females
(BUTC).