Species Stilobezzia viridis

Classification · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited

Nonmetallic green fly with black abdominal accents - Stilobezzia viridis

Green biting midge - Stilobezzia viridis - female

Stilobezzia viridis? - Stilobezzia viridis - female

Pennsylvania Diptera for ID - Stilobezzia viridis - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))

Infraorder Culicomorpha (Mosquitoes and Midges)

Family Ceratopogonidae (Biting Midges)

Subfamily Ceratopogoninae

Tribe Ceratopogonini (Predaceous Midges)

Genus Stilobezzia

Species viridis (Stilobezzia viridis)

Identification

Green (hence the name), one large mark near apex of third abdominal segment, two black dots on fifth segment, wings unmarked except for veins, hind femur dark in last 1/4. These characters will distinguish it from other members of the genus in North America.

Range

Eastern USA north to New Jersey (Texas, Florida,(1) New Jersey, West Virginia)

Food

Tribe Ceratopogonini is generally predatory on other insects.

Works Cited

1.	An Annotated Checklist of the Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) of Florida with a New Synonymy Wilkening, Alan J., Kline, Daniel L. and Wirth, Willis W. 1985. Florida Entomologist.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 23 April, 2010 - 5:23pm
Last updated 30 June, 2014 - 9:05pm

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