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Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) diversa

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Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) diversa (Coquillett)

Ceratopogon diversus Coquillett, 1901: 607 (New Jersey).

Ceratolophus diversus: Kieffer 1906: 60 (combination).

Johannseniella diversa: Malloch 1914b: 227 (combination).

Hartomyia diversa: Malloch 1915a: 344 (combination).

Stilobezzia diversa: Johannsen 1943: 781 (combination).

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) diversa: Wirth 1953a: 76 (revision of Nearctic Stilobezzia); Wilkening et al. 1985: 526 (Florida records); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 22 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Discussion. This rarely collected eastern species was known only in Florida from Alachua Co. (Wilkening et al. 1985). We provide the first records from Liberty Co.

New records. Liberty Co., Torreya St. Park, 10-IV-1957, F. S. Blanton, 1 male, 1 female (FSCA).

Notes

Published as part of William L. Grogan, Jr., Hribar, Lawrence J., Murphree, C. Steven & Cilek, James E., 2010, New records of biting and predaceous midges from Florida, including species new to the fauna of the United States (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), pp. 1-59 in Insecta Mundi 2010 (147) on page 40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5352908

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  • Kieffer, J. J. 1906. Diptera. Fam. Chironomidae. In: P. Wytsman (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Fasc. 42: 1 - 78, 4 pls.
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  • Johannsen, O. A. 1943. A generic synopsis of the Ceratopogonidae (Heleidae) of the Americas, a bibliography, and a list of the North American species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 36: 763 - 791.
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  • Borkent, A., and W. L. Grogan, Jr. 2009. Catalog of the New World biting midges north of Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 2273: 1 - 48.