Bezzia (Bezzia) punctipennis (Williston)

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), Insecta Mundi 2010 (147), pp. 1-59 : 49-50

Bezzia (Bezzia) punctipennis (Williston)

Ceratopogon punctipennis Williston, 1896: 278 ( St. Vincent, West Indies).

Bezzia punctipennis: Kieffer 1906: 58 (combination); Wirth 1952a: 235 (California; distribution).

Bezzia (Pseudobezzia) punctipennis: Dow and Turner 1976: 68 (in revision of Nearctic Bezzia ; distribution).

Bezzia (Bezzia) punctipennis: Wilkening et al. 1985: 529 (Florida records); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 26 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Probezzia punctipennis: Johannsen 1943: 785 (combination).

Discussion. This primarily Neotropical species is also known from California, Florida, Nevada and Texas and is unusual among New World Bezzia in that its wing has large, distinct, dark gray maculations. Wilkening et al. (1985) listed it in Florida from Dade and Palm Beach counties. We provide the first record from Alachua Co.

New records. Alachua Co., Gainesville, Oakcrest, 10-IX-1992, W. W. Wirth, Blacklight trap, 1 female (FSCA).