Schizonyxhelea bulla (Thomsen)

Huerta, Herón & Grogan, William L., 2017, New species and new records of predaceous midges in the genera, Schizonyxhelea Clastrier and Stilobezzia Kieffer from Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), Zootaxa 4294 (4), pp. 401-418 : 403

Schizonyxhelea bulla (Thomsen)

Stilobezzia bulla Thomsen, 1935: 289 . New York. (male, female; figs.; distribution); Thomsen 1937: 70 (larva, pupa; figs.; habitat notes); Johannsen 1943: 781 (in list of North American Ceratopogonidae ; distribution); Mullen & Hribar 1988: 65 (larval habitat); Borkent 1995: 98 (interpretation of aedeagal characters); Borkent 2000: 866 (discussion of pupal, adult characters).

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) bulla: Wirth 1953: 74 (male, female; fig. male genitalia; distribution; Wirth 1965: 134 (in Nearctic catalog north of Mexico; distribution); Wirth & Grogan 1981: 70 (female, male, pupa, larva; figs.; biology; distribution); Wilkening et al. 1985: 526 (Florida records); Porch et al. 1992: 172 (adults captured by sundews; Florida); Borkent & Wirth 1997: 110 (in World catalog); Borkent & Grogan 2009: 22 (in Nearctic catalog north of Mexico; distribution); Grogan et al. 2010: 40 (new Florida records); Ronderos et al. 2012: 15 (discussion of larval, pupal characters).

Schizonyxhelea bulla: Borkent 2014: 66 (combination; in World list of Schizonyxhelea species, in review of pupae of Ceratopogonidae ); Borkent 2016: 134 (in online World catalog).

Discussion. This very common species is widely distributed in the eastern Nearctic region from Ontario and Quebec, Canada, south to Louisiana and Florida . We provide the first records in the Neotropical region from Veracruz, Mexico .

Material Examined. MEXICO, Veracruz, Municipio Actopan , Localidad El Farrallón, 13–14-Ago-2009, en potrero cercano a la localidad, Trampa Malaise, C. Pérez-Rentería & A. Rodríguez-Atanacio, 1 male ; 5 females, 2 males (OH). New Mexico Record.