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Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia)
Stilobezzia (Stilobezzia) biscutata Cazorla, 2013
Holotype male, slide (MLPA)
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Record
- Argentina
- Chaco
- Corrientes
- Formosa
Other distribution
biscutata Cazorla, 2013: 324 (male, female). Type locality: Argentina, Formosa, Estancia La Marcela, 35 km E El Colorado, 26°17'21''S, 59°08'40''W. HT M (MLPA). Distr.- Argentina (Formosa: type locality, Chaco: río Negro, 26°48'32.38''S, 59°36'26.13''W. Corrientes: Esteros del Iberá, Colonia Pellegrini, 28°32'17.58"S, 57°10'56.86"W). Refs.: Cazorla, 2013: 324.
Diagnosis: a small, yellowish species of Stilobezzia s. str. with the following combination of characters: proximal half portion of the scutum blackish brown except the pale yellowish humeral pits and a mesal anterodorsal narrow line, and the distal half portion bright yellowish. Males have stout, S-shaped parameres and gonocoxites with a mesoventral lobe. Females have the tarsomere 5 of all legs with two basal, stout, divergent spines and the abdomen is pale brown except dark brown segments 3, 4 and 7; segment 3 has a distolateral pale spot and segments 4–5 are slightly darker dorsally.
Diagnosis: a small, yellowish species of Stilobezzia s. str. with the following combination of characters: proximal half portion of the scutum blackish brown except the pale yellowish humeral pits and a mesal anterodorsal narrow line, and the distal half portion bright yellowish. Males have stout, S-shaped parameres and gonocoxites with a mesoventral lobe. Females have the tarsomere 5 of all legs with two basal, stout, divergent spines and the abdomen is pale brown except dark brown segments 3, 4 and 7; segment 3 has a distolateral pale spot and segments 4–5 are slightly darker dorsally.
- CAZORLA, C. 2013. A new species of Stilobezzia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from northern Argentina. Acta Entomol. Mus. Nat. Pragae 53: 323-327:323-327.
