Bezzia (Bezzia) perplexa Dow and Turner

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5352908
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5450854
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scientific name	Bezzia (Bezzia) perplexa Dow and Turner
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Bezzia (Bezzia) perplexa Dow and Turner View in CoL

Bezzia View in CoL (Pseudobezzi a) perplexa Dow and Turner, 1976: 57 (Florida) View in CoL .

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

Discussion. Dow and Turner (1976) designated the holotype and paratypes from Alachua Co. and additional Florida paratypes from Hillsborough, Indian River and Liberty counties as well as three paratypes from Drew Co., Arkansas. We provide the first records from Glades, Gulf, Manatee, Marion, Orange and Wakulla counties.

New records. Glades Co., Palmdale , 14 July 1970, E. Irons, light trap, 1 male ( USNM). Gulf Co., Wewahitchka, Aug. 1967, Blanton & Boike, light trap, 1 female ; same data except Sept. 1967, 1 female ( USNM). Manatee Co., Oneco, 23 March 1954, G. E. Ball, 1 male ( USNM). Marion Co. , Juniper Springs, 28 April 1970, W. W. Wirth, light trap, 1 female ( USNM). Orange Co. , Rock Springs, 21 April 1970, W. W. Wirth, light trap, 1 female ( USNM). Wakulla Co. , Ochlockonee Riv. St. Park, 29-IV-1970, W. W. Wirth, light trap, 1 male ( USNM) ; Wakulla Springs State Park , Lodge Road, 25 May 2004, S. Murphree, CDC light trap with UV wand, 1 female ( WLGC) .