The taxonomic status of two species of predaceous midges in the genera Bezzia and Palpomyia described by STÆGER (1839) in the genus Ceratopogon (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae: Palpomyiini)

Abstract

Lectotypes are designated for the predaceous midges, <i>Ceratopogon circumdatus</i> Stæger, 1839, and <i<Ceratopogon binotatus</i> Stæger, 1839 housed in the Copenhagen Zoological Museum, Denmark, and both species are redescribed and photographed. <i>Ceratopogon circumdatus</i> is removed from synonymy with <i>Bezzia solstitialis</i> (Winnertz, 1852) and recognized as a new synonym of <i>Bezzia annulipes</i> (Meigen, 1830). <i>Ceratopogon binotatus</i> Stæger, 1839, is removed from synonymy with <i>Palpomyia lineata</i> (Meigen, 1804) and recognized as the distinct species, <i>Palpomyia binotata</i> (Stæger, 1839)