Subgenus Homobezzia Macfie, 1932 Type species Homobezzia nyasae Macfie, 1932; by original designation. Diagnosis Fore femur with or without ventral spines (all Middle East species with fore femoral spines). Male flagellomere 10 shorter than 11; flagellar plume poorly developed. Male aedeagus covered with fine setae on ventral surface; gonostylus elongate (Krzywiński 1995). Key to males of Bezzia (Homobezzia) of the Middle East 1. Legs pale yellow, with dark bands; submedian process of male parameres straight ........................... .................................................................................................................. B. kuhetiensis Remm, 1967 – Legs pale brown, without dark bands; submedian process of male parameres slightly curved ventrally .......................................................................................... B. sharjahi Alwin & Szadziewski sp. nov.

Published as part of Alwin-Kownacka, Alicja, Szadziewski, Ryszard & Szwedo, Jacek, 2017, Predatory midges of the tribes Palpomyiini and Sphaeromiini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Middle East, with keys and descriptions of new species, pp. 1-30 in European Journal of Taxonomy 318 on page 7, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.318, http://zenodo.org/record/3827451