The New World genus Bezzimyia Townsend, 1919 is revised and the following 15 new species are described: B. barbarista sp. n., B. bisecta sp. n., B. bulbosa sp. n., B. floridensis sp. n., B. hansoni sp. n., B. jamaica sp. n., B. lapidicina sp. n., B. orestes sp. n., B. pittieri sp. n., B. platina sp. n., B. ramicornis sp. n., B. setifax sp. n., B. sternothrix sp. n., B. thompsonorum sp. n. and B. yepezi sp. n. The oviposition, egg and first instar larva are described for Bezzimyia yepezi from Venezuela. It is argued that Bezzimyia is a member of the family Rhinophoridae, which was previously considered to be represented in the New World only through two immigrant Palaearctic species.
A new genus, Lobomyia Woodley & Arnaud (Diptera: Tachinidae), from the Neotropical Region was recently described by us (Woodley & Arnaud, 2008: 32; type species, Lobomyia neotropica Woodley & Arnaud; published 6 June 2008). At the time the manuscript was being prepared, one of us (NEW) checked available nomenclatural resources to ensure the generic name had not been previously used. However, in the interim, the name Lobomyia was published as a new genus of Diptera, Chironomidae from Japan (Niitsuma, 2007: 105; type species, Lobomyia immaculata Niitsuma; published 15 June 2007). We therefore propose a new replacement name here, Eulobomyia, nom. nov. for Lobomyia Woodley & Arnaud. The gender of the name is feminine.
The larval stages of Hilarella hilarella (Zett.) have been previously reported as living on the stores in the nests of fossorial Hymenoptera. This fly is here reported as parasitizing an insect host without the intervention of any hymenopterous insect.
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