Nerius pilifer Fabricius, 1805

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 : 41-42

Nerius pilifer Fabricius, 1805

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Diagnosis. Arista brown and bare. Antennal base shiny and dark brown. Vibrissa absent. Occiput shiny with median yellow stripe. Prosternum wide, joining proepisternum laterally. Scutum dorsally with dense pruinose stripe divided by narrow median brown stripe. Anterior notopleural seta reduced. Basicosta with one small seta. One dorsocentral seta. Legs dark brown, fore femur with outstanding anteroventral row of spines. Fore coxa with two antero-apical setae (adapted from Aczél 1951).

Distribution. Mexico, Haiti, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina ( Sepúlveda & de Carvalho 2016).

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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.