First record of the genus Bezzia in Chile, with a description of a new species of the venustula group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

A species of ceratopogonidae, Genus Bezzia from Manipur

“…Larva: the only species of Bezzia without scopae, hypopharynx ventral comb rounded and bearing 6-7 teeth, dorsal comb elongate, and palatal bar triangular. The present study also in accordance with Spinelli et al [7] in all life stages (Fig. 1-2) Most striking features of the species that is quite different from the Indian species is the presence of terminal processes nearly straight, tip moderately curved mesad, base wide, extreme tip pointed, darkish; length 0.42-0.49 mm, width 0.160-0.176 mm.…”

“…According to Spinelli et al 2006 [7] , the description of the species as follows Diagnosis. Bezzia in both male and female adults have a bunch of setae in the inter-ocular space and lack ventral spines on fore femur, and the spermathecae necks of the female are very elongate.…”

“…The majority of them were described from adults, with only the following five known also from larvae and pupae: B. blantoni Spinelli et Wirth, B. glabra (Coquillett), B. nobilis (Winnertz), B. roldani Spinelli et Wirth and B. ventanensis Spinelli. During a recent entomological survey in the vicinities of Esquel in north western Argentinean Patagonia, a new species of Bezzia was collected, which is herein described in all stages [7] . The present specimens are hence tentatively described as Bezzia galesa Spinelli on the basis of the typical terminal process of the pupa (Fig.…”

The immatures of Bezzia chilensis Spinelli & Ronderos, 2001 (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae)

“… Bezzia chilensis : Spinelli and Ronderos 2001: 752 (male, female; Chile); Spinelli and Cazorla 2003: 47 (Argentina records); Borkent and Spinelli 2007: 93 (in Neotropical catalogue); Spinelli and Marino 2009: 205 (species list from Patagonia); Borkent 2016: 160 (in online world catalog).…”

“…Bezzia Kieffer, 1899, a worldwide genus of the tribe Palpomyiini, includes 322 species of which 48 inhabit the Neotropical region, 46 of them recorded by Borkent and Spinelli (2007), and two more recently described: B.ventanensis Spinelli, 2012 (Spinelli et al 2012) and B.galesa Spinelli, 2013 (Spinelli et al 2013). The adults are important predators of small invertebrates and the immature stages are relatively common inhabitants of various kinds of freshwater environments, mainly streams, lakes and ponds, as well as other breeding habitats, such as sphagnum bogs, rice fields, footprints in sandy creek beds, and water gathered in tree holes and bromeliads (Spinelli and Ronderos 2001). The majority of the Neotropical species are known from adults, and only 12 of them are also known as immatures: B.bivittata (Coquillett, 1905), B.blantoni Spinelli & Wirth, 1989, B.brevicornis (Kieffer, 1917); B.bromeliae Spinelli, 1991; B.galesa Spinelli, 2013; B.gibbera (Coquillett, 1905); B.glabra (Coquillett, 1902), B.nobilis (Winnertz, 1852), B.pulchripes Kieffer, 1917; B.roldani Spinelli & Wirth, 1981, B.snowi Lane, 1958; and B.ventanensis Spinelli, 2012.…”