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Homobezzia Macfie 1932

  • 1. urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 0995 CC 31 - 5 CC 8 - 46 F 3 - BB 72 - A 4 D 76919750 A & Corresponding author: alicja. alwin @ biol. ug. edu. pl
  • 2. Email: ryszard. szadziewski @ biol. ug. edu. pl & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 083 FF 55 D-C 4 C 0 - 4 C 7 D-AE 23 - 562619624664
  • 3. Email: jacek. szwedo @ biol. ug. edu. pl & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 36 BAE 161 - ECCD- 4 D 89 - B 383 - C 7 CC 84 FF 0 A 89

Description

Subgenus Homobezzia Macfie, 1932

Type species

Homobezzia nyasae Macfie, 1932; by original designation.

Diagnosis

Fore femur with or without ventral spines (all Middle East species with fore femoral spines). Male flagellomere 10 shorter than 11; flagellar plume poorly developed. Male aedeagus covered with fine setae on ventral surface; gonostylus elongate (Krzywiński 1995).

Key to males of Bezzia (Homobezzia) of the Middle East

1. Legs pale yellow, with dark bands; submedian process of male parameres straight ........................... .................................................................................................................. B. kuhetiensis Remm, 1967

– Legs pale brown, without dark bands; submedian process of male parameres slightly curved ventrally .......................................................................................... B. sharjahi Alwin & Szadziewski sp. nov.

Notes

Published as part of Alwin-Kownacka, Alicja, Szadziewski, Ryszard & Szwedo, Jacek, 2017, Predatory midges of the tribes Palpomyiini and Sphaeromiini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Middle East, with keys and descriptions of new species, pp. 1-30 in European Journal of Taxonomy 318 on page 7, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.318, http://zenodo.org/record/3827451

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Macfie
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Ceratopogonidae
Genus
Homobezzia
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Homobezzia Macfie, 1932 sec. Alwin-Kownacka, Szadziewski & Szwedo, 2017

References

  • Krzywinski J. 1995. Rewizja Systematyczna Drapieznych Kuczmanow Plemienia Palpomyiini Polski (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). PhD Thesis (manuscript). Uniwersytet Gdanski, Gdansk, Poland.
  • Remm H. 1967. On the fauna of Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) in the Caucasus. Tartu Riikliku Ulikooli Toimetised 194: 3 - 37.