Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) chaconi Macfie, 1938

Da Silva, Irene M., Ferreira-Keppler, Ruth L. & Cazorla, Carla G., 2023, Stilobezzia Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Brazilian Amazon: three new species, redescription of S. (Stilobezzia) maculata Lane and new records, Zootaxa 5249 (4), pp. 485-499 : 495

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) chaconi Macfie

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Stilobezzia chaconi Macfie, 1938: 166 ( Trinidad and Tobago).

Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) chaconi Lane & Forattini, 1961: 87 (pupa; distribution); Borkent & Spinelli 2000: 54 (in New World Catalog south of USA; distribution); Borkent & Spinelli 2007: 86 (in Neotropical Catalog; distribution); Cazorla 2016: 187 (distribution; Argentina); Borkent & Dominiak 2020: 178 (in Online World Catalog); Santarém & Felippe-Bauer 2022: 19 (Brazilian catalog; distribution).

Type. Holotype male labeled: TRINIDAD: St. Augustine , 29.viii.1936, in the light ( BMNH).

Material examined. BRAZIL, Amazonas , Manaus, Mindu Municipal Park, 03º04′44″ S – 60º00′28″ W, illuminated bed sheet trap, 23.ix.2016, I.M. Da Silva and R. L. Ferreira-Keppler, 1 male and 1 female ; 1.xi.2016, 1 female.

Comments: Stilobezzia (S.) chaconi has been recorded in Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Panama. In Brazil this species was recorded from the states of Goiás and S„o Paulo (Santarém & Felippe-Bauer 2020). We provide the first record of this species from the state of Amazonas.

Figures

FIGURES 44–49. Habitus. 44. S. (E.) proxima, male; 45. S. (E.) proxima, female; 46. S. (E.) quasielegantula, male. 47. S. (S.) chaconi, female; 48. S. (S.) glauca, male; 49. S. (S.) glauca, female.