Bezzia (Sivabezzia) melanoflava Clastrier, 1958

Alwin-Kownacka, Alicja, Szadziewski, Ryszard & Szwedo, Jacek, 2017, Predatory midges of the tribes Palpomyiini and Sphaeromiini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Middle East, with keys and descriptions of new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 318, pp. 1-30 : 14

Bezzia (Sivabezzia) melanoflava Clastrier, 1958

Fig. 3 E–I

Bezzia melanoflava Clastrier, 1958: 235 (♂, ♀, figures, description, Senegal).

Bezzia melanoflava – Boorman & van Harten 2002: 456 (♂, ♀, figure, description, Yemen).

Diagnosis

This species differs from B. pachypyga in having yellowish legs with indistinct dark brown bands and femora with 2–3 spines. Male gonocoxite simple, without any process ( Fig. 3E ); parameres slender, rodlike; aedeagus short, with low basal arch, and dorsal, submedian processes shorter than parameres ( Figs. 3 F–H) ( Clastrier 1958; Boorman & van Harten 2002). Female with 2 conical seminal capsules, widest on middle portion, with long necks ( Fig. 3I ).

Distribution

Senegal, Yemen.

Figures

Fig. 3. Bezzia (Sivabezzia) spp. A–D. Bezzia pachypyga, ♂ (from Remm 1974). A. Genitalia, ♂. B. Parameres. C. Aedeagus. D. Seminal capsules, ♀. – E–I. Bezzia melanoflava (from Clastrier 1958). E. Genitalia, ♂. F. Parameres. G. Aedeagus, ventral view. H. Aedeagus, lateral view. I. Seminal capsules, ♀.