title: New species and new records of the predaceous midge genus Parabezzia Malloch (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Brazil.
abstract: Four new species of predaceous midges of the genus Parabezzia Malloch are described and illustrated based on female specimens from southeastern Brazil. Two species are recorded for the first time from Brazil, Parabezzia costalis Wirth from Rio de Janeiro State and P. balseiroi Spinelli & Grogan from Rio Grande do Sul State.
authors: Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Av. Brasil 4365, 21040-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ.; Email: mlfbauer@ioc.fiocruz.br.
authors: Maria Luiza
authors: ML
authors: Felippe-Bauer
authors: División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, CCT CONICET- La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata, Argentina.; Email: spinelli@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar.
authors: Gustavo R
authors: GR
authors: Spinelli
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001938:Brazil; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size