Bezzia (Bezzia) expolita (Coquillett)

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 : 47

Bezzia (Bezzia) expolita (Coquillett)

Ceratopogon expolitus Coquillett, 1901: 600 (New Jersey).

Bezzia expolita: Kieffer 1906: 58 (combination).

Pseudobezzia expolita: Malloch 1915a: 351 (combination).

Allobezzia expolita: Kieffer 1917: 328 (combination).

Bezzia (Pseudobezzia) expolita: Wirth 1951: 32 ; Dow and Turner 1976: 32 (revision of Nearctic Bezzia Kieffer ).

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

Ceratopogon johnsoni Coquillett, 1901: 600 (New Jersey).

Discussion. In their review of Florida ceratopogonids, Wilkening et al. (1985) listed B. expolita , but, they noted that Florida records were not available for this species, and a study in progress by WLG confirms this. Therefore, we are deleting this species from the Florida ceratopogonid fauna. However, specimens collected by WLG and others in the USNM in the B. expolita complex include several undescribed species that will be addressed by a study in progress by WLG.