Probezzia albitibia Wirth, 1971

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 : 45

Probezzia albitibia Wirth

Probezzia albitibia Wirth, 1971: 732 (Virginia) ; Wirth 1994c: 140 (Florida records); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 25 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).

Discussion. Borkent and Grogan (2009) gave the distribution of this Nearctic species as “ Ontario to Quebec, south to Wisconsin and Virginia.” However, Borkent and Grogan overlooked Wirth’s (1994c) records from Jackson Co., Florida, who gave its distribution as “ Wisconsin to Quebec, south to Alabama and Florida.” We provide the first record from Alachua Co., a female that was apparently collected, mounted, identified and labeled as P. albitibia by Wirth.

New records. Alachua Co., Gainesville, Reclamation Pond (on Univ. of FL campus), 20-VII-1988, (?W. W. Wirth), 1 female (FSCA).