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Diogmites cuantlensis

  • 1. Entomología y Acarología, Instituto de Fitosanidad, Colegio de Campus Montecillo, Carretera México-Texcoco km 36.5, 56230 Montecillo, Estado de México, Mexico

Description

Diogmites cuantlensis (Bellardi, 1861) (Figure 3)

Genus distribution in Mexico. Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico City, Morelos, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sonora, Veracruz and Yucatán (Papavero 2009).

Species distribution in Mexico. Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Morelos, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz and Yucatán (Papavero 2009).

New records. Michoacán* (La Cañada, Morelia and Uruapan).

Material examined. MEXICO: Michoacán, Morelia, 10/vii/1990, O. Cruz (1♀ CIFBUM). Michoacán, Uruapan, 4/vi/1987, Y.B. (1♂ CIFBUM). Michoacán, La Cañada, 20/vi/1987, Y.B. (1♂ CIFBUM).

Remarks. Although there are published descriptions and keys to species as Carrera (1953), Martin (1963), and Artigas (1966), the genus is in need of revision.

Notes

Published as part of Estrada, Alejandro & Nápoles, Jesús Romero, 2020, New distribution records of Asilidae (Insecta: Diptera) for Mexico, pp. 1-13 in Insecta Mundi 2020 (783) on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5458908

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Bellardi
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Asilidae
Genus
Diogmites
Species
cuantlensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Diogmites cuantlensis (Bellardi, 1861) sec. Estrada & Nápoles, 2020

References

  • Bellardi, L. 1861. Saggio di ditterologia messicana. parte II 2: 99 pp., Torino. (Also published in: Memorie della Reale accademia delle scienze di Torino 21: 103 - 199, 1864).
  • Papavero, N. 2009. Catalogue of the Neotropical Diptera: Asilidae. Neotropical Diptera 17: 1 - 178.
  • Carrera, M. 1953. As especies neotropicas do genero Diogmites (Diptera, Asilidae). Arquivos de Zoologia do Estado de Sao Paulo 8: 169 - 208.
  • Martin, C. H. 1963. The designation of lectotypes, neotypes, and redescriptions of Bellardi's species of Diogmites from Mexico (Diptera: Asilidae). Bollettino di Instituto e Museo di Zoologia 6 (4): 41 - 69.
  • Artigas, J. N. 1966. The genus Diogmites (robber flies) in Eastern United States (Diptera: Asilidae). The Ohio Journal of Science 66 (4): 401 - 421.