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  • Title: A Revision of the Nearctic Predaceous Midges in the Bezzia (Bezzia) pulverea complex (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).
    Author: Grogan WL.
    Journal: Zootaxa; 2020 Nov 11; 4877(3):zootaxa.4877.3.4. PubMed ID: 33311179.
    Abstract:
    This revision of the Nearctic predaceous midges in the Bezzia (Bezzia) pulverea complex (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) recognizes 11 species, seven of which are new species: Bezzia (B.) amblystyla, n. sp., from Maryland and Florida; B. (B.) brunneipedia, n. sp., from Florida; B. (B.) folkersti n. sp., from Florida; B. (B.) huberti, n. sp., from Maryland, Florida, Arkansas and Louisiana; B. (B.) leptostyla, n. sp., from Florida; B. (B.) marylandensis, n. sp., from Maryland; and, B. (B.) titanochela, n. sp., from Texas, Alabama and Florida. Photomicrographs of diagnostic characters of both sexes are included, and a key is provided to adult males and females of species in the Bezzia (B.) pulverea complex. Bezzia (B.) imbifida Dow Turner is transferred from the B. pulverea complex to the Bezzia (B.) expolita complex.
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