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Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia)
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) pseudopunctulata Cazorla & Ronderos, 2012
Holotype male (MLPA)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Buenos Aires
- Chaco
- Corrientes
- Formosa
Other distribution
Brazil
Bolivia
Bolivia
pseudopunctulata Cazorla & Ronderos, in Cazorla et al., 2012: 400 (male, female, pupa). Type locality: Argentina, Chaco, 35 km Tres Estacas, 27°08'14,5"S, 61°34'26"W. HT M (MLPA). Distr.- Brazil (Amazonas), Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Argentina (Formosa: Ingeniero Juárez, 23°54'9.97"S, 61°50'44.67"W; Estancia La Marcela, 35 km E El Colorado, 26°17'21''S, 59°08'40''W. Chaco: type locality; PN El Chaco, 26º48'25"S, 56º26'36.5"W, 76 m. Corrientes: Esteros del Iberá, Colonia Pellegrini, 28°32'17.58"S, 57°10'56.86"W. Buenos Aires: Campana, isla Talavera, 34°5'3.68"S, 58°52'15.60"W). Refs.: Cazorla et al., 2012: 400.
Diagnosis: the only species of Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) with the folowing combination of characters: femora and tibiae peppered with dark spots; thorax dark brown except scutellum slightly paler, with 4 strong and 2 thiner setae. Males with flagellomeres 1-9 pale brown, apex of 10, base of 11, and 12-13 entirely dark brown; parameres stout, its distal portion hook-shaped. Females with distal margin of sternite 8 rounded, deeply notched mesally. Pupa with respiratory organ with 11-12 pores opening on apical margin and apicolateral processes very short.
Diagnosis: the only species of Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) with the folowing combination of characters: femora and tibiae peppered with dark spots; thorax dark brown except scutellum slightly paler, with 4 strong and 2 thiner setae. Males with flagellomeres 1-9 pale brown, apex of 10, base of 11, and 12-13 entirely dark brown; parameres stout, its distal portion hook-shaped. Females with distal margin of sternite 8 rounded, deeply notched mesally. Pupa with respiratory organ with 11-12 pores opening on apical margin and apicolateral processes very short.
- CAZORLA, RONDEROS, SPINELLI, TORREIAS & FERREIRA KEPPLER. 2012. A new species of Stilobezzia Kieffer from the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Rev. Brasil. Ent. 56: 399-404.:399-404.
