Bezzia is a genus of biting midges in the family Ceratopogonidae. There are more than 310 described species in Bezzia.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ceratopogonidae |
| Subfamily: | Ceratopogoninae |
| Tribe: | Palpomyiini |
| Genus: | Bezzia Kieffer, 1899 |
| Diversity | |
| at least 310 species | |
See also
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edit- ^ "Bezzia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Bezzia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Bezzia genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
edit- Borkent, A. (2012). World species of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
- Borkent, Art; Grogan, W. L. Jr. (2009). "Catalog of the New World Biting Midges North of Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2273: 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2273.1.1. ISSN 1175-5326.
- McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
External links
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