Nerius plurivittatus Bigot, 1886

(Figs 1H, 5C, D, 8F)

Diagnosis. Arista brown and bare. Antennal base shiny brown. Vibrissa absent. Occiput brown opaque with median yellow stripe (Fig. 5C, D). Fronto-orbital plate slightly pruinose, with anterior half yellow and posterior half brown (Fig. 1H). Prosternum wide, joining the proepisternum laterally. Anterior notopleural seta absent. Postsutural scutum dorsally with dense white pruinescence, divided by median and intra-alar brown stripes (Fig. 1H). One dorsocentral seta. Pleuron densely pruinose. Basicosta with one small seta. Legs dark brown, femora with ventral spine-like setae on tubercles. Fore coxa with two antero-apical setae (Sepúlveda et al. 2020b).

Material examined. Mexico. Chiapas. Chicozapote [16.97560, -93.37889] , 13.xi.1986, 3 females (CNIN); Escuintla, Finca Sta. Isabel [15.32289, -92.65883] , 5-7.vii.1988, A, Cadena & L. Cervantes, 8 males and 14 females (CNIN); Finca La Chinita [14.90538, -92.26629] , 30.viii.1985, F. Arias, 1 female (CNIN); Ocosingo Chajul, Reserva Montes Azules [16.11260, -90.94089] , 28.iv-5.v.1986, F. Arias, R. Barba & L. Cervantes, 4 females (CNIN); same label information, except: 9-14.vii.1987, F. Arias & L. Cervantes, 1 male (CNIN) . Oaxaca. Candelaria de Loxicha [15.92607, -96.48925] , 10.ii.1982, M. García, 1 female (CNIN); Chacahua [15.70282, -96.60306] , 31.v.1987, F. Árias, 1 female (CNIN); Metates [17.12447, -96.05514], 1600 m , 3.iv.1982, A. Ibarra, 1 female (CNIN); Portillo del Rayo [15.98034, -96.51697] , 11.ii.1982, M. García, 1 male and 1 female (CNIN); Pto. Eligio Sierra de Juarez [17.57863, -96.67088] , 12.ix.1982, A. Ibarra, 1 male and 2 females (CNIN); Valle Nacional San Mateo Yetla [17.75678, -96.31665] , 13.x.1990, E. Ramírez, 2 males and 1 female (CNIN); same label information, except: 13.x.1990, 1 female (CNIN); 20.ix.1990, E. Barrera &A. Cadena, 2 females (CNIN) . Puebla. Xicotepec [20.261398, -97.963805] , 15.x.2019, C. Pedraza-Lara, S. Rodríguez-González, L. García-Vázquez, S. Rodríguez, 4 females (2 CNIN, 2 CARF) . Veracruz. Estación Biológica Los Tuxtlas [18.48394, -95.00997] , 28.x.1985, P. Sinaca, 1 male and 2 female (CNIN); same label information, except: 28.x.1985, E. Ramírez, 1 male (CNIN); 28.x.1985, A. Ibarra, 1 female (CNIN); 27.x.1985, E. Ramírez, 1 male (CNIN); 27.x.1985, P. Sinaca, 1 female (CNIN); 21.x.1985,A. Ibarra, 1 female (CNIN); 30.ix.1985, P. Sinaca, 1 male (CNIN); 6.ii.1986, P. Sinaca, 4 females (CNIN); 480 m, 7.vii.1986, E. Ramírez, 1 male (CNIN); 7.x.1985, P. Sinaca, 1 male (CNIN); 7.x.1985, E. Ramírez, 1 male (CNIN); 7.x.1985, A. Ibarra, 1 female (CNIN); 160 m, 18.iv.1985, A. Ibarra, 1 female (CNIN); 480 m, 4.vii.1986, P. Sinaca, 1 female (CNIN); 170 m, 14.viii.1985, A. Ibarra, 2 females (CNIN); 100 m, 8.x.1985, V. Hernández & E. Ramírez, 1 male (CNIN); 160 m, 8.x.1985, V. Hernández & P. Sinaca, 3 males (CNIN); 160 m, 8.x.1985, V. Hernández & A. Ibarra, 4 males (CNIN); 160 m, 8.x.1985, V. Hernández & E. Ramírez, 1 male and 1 female (CNIN); 160 m, 26.ii.1985, P. Sinaca, 1 male (CNIN); 350 m, 15.iii.1986, E. Ramírez, 1 male (CNIN); 12.iv.1986, A. Ibarra, 1 female (CNIN); 28.iii.1976, E. Barrera, 1 male (CNIN); 21-28.ii.1985, A. Ibarra, 1 male and 3 females (CNIN); 10.xii.1984, A. Ibarra, 1 female (CNIN); 7.iii.1986, A. Ibarra, 1 male (CNIN); 460 m, 18.ii.1986, A. Ibarra, 1 female (CNIN); 460 m, 18.ii.1986, P. Sinaca, 2 males and 4 females (CNIN); 160 m, 14.ii.1986, A. Ibarra, 4 females (CNIN); 160 m, 14.ii.1986, E. Ramírez, 2 males (CNIN); 160 m, 14.ii.1986, A. Ibarra, 1 male (CNIN); 480 m, 4.vi.1986, P. Sinaca, 1 male (CNIN); 10-20.v.1988, V. Hernández & R. Pérez, 1 female (CNIN); 460 m, 18.ii.1986, E. Ramírez, 1 male (CNIN); 10.vii.1988, V. Hernández & R. Pérez, 1 female (CNIN); 20.vi.1988, V. Hernández & R. Pérez, 2 males and 3 females (CNIN); 13.xi.2017, Carlos, P., Saúl, G., Magali, E., Leonardo, G., 1 male (CARF - CPL 1440) and 2 females (CARF - CPL 1760-61); 12.viii.1992, J. Villa, 1 female (EBCH) . Venezuela. Miranda. Parque Nacional Guatopo [9.99574, -66.60306], 700 m , 7.ii.1987, Bordón, 1 male (CNIN) .

Distribution. Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz, Oaxaca *, Puebla *), El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, (Sepúlveda et al. 2020b), Argentina (Dufek et al. 2014).