Nerius plurivittatus Bigot, 1886

Gomes, Lucas R. P., Sepúlveda, Tatiana A. & Pedraza-Lara, Carlos, 2023, Neriidae (Diptera: Schizophora) from Mexico: new species, new records and an identification key, Zootaxa 5264 (1), pp. 27-46 : 41

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).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Cerantichir enderleini Hennig, 1937, male, dorsal view (A); Eoneria blanchardi Aczél, 1951, female, dorsal view (B); Glyphidops durus (Cresson, 1926), female, dorsal view (C), and male, abdomen (D); Glyphidops filosus (Fabricius 1805), male, head (E); Glyphidops flavifrons (Bigot, 1886), female, abdomen (F), and male, dorsal (G); Nerius plurivittatus Bigot, 1886, male, dorsal (H); Odontoloxozus longicornis (Coquillett, 1904), male, lateral (I). Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 5. Habitus in lateral view. Glyphidops flavifrons (Bigot, 1886), male (A) and female (B); Nerius plurivittatus Bigot, 1886, male (C) and female (D); and Odontoloxozus longicornis (Coquillett, 1904), male (E) and female (F). Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURE 8. Distribution records of Neriidae in Mexico: Cerantichir enderleini Hennig, 1937 and Cerantichir mexicana sp. nov. (A); Eoneria blanchardi Aczél, 1951 and Eoneria ramirezi sp. nov. (B); Odontoloxozus longicornis (Coquillett, 1904) and Odontoloxozus pachycericola Mangan & Baldwin, 1986 (C); Glyphidops durus (Cresson, 1926) and G. filosus (Fabricius, 1805) (D); G. flavifrons (Bigot, 1886) and G. xanthopus (Schiner, 1868) (E); Nerius pilifer Fabricius, 1805, N. plurivittatus Bigot, 1886, and N. purpusianus Enderlein, 1922 (F). Circle= literature records. Star= new records.