Cerantichir enderleini Hennig, 1937

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 : 29

Cerantichir enderleini Hennig, 1937

( Figs 1A , 2A, 2B , 8A )

Diagnosis. Outer vertical setae absent. Vibrissa absent. Occiput shiny, elongate and as long as high ( Fig. 2A ). Scape less than half length of pedicel. First flagellomere dorsoventrally parallel, with apex widely rounded. Arista densely white pubescent. Scape less than half length of pedicel ( Fig. 1A ). Occiput shiny and elongate, as long as high; with black setae towards posterior margin of head ( Fig. 2A, B ). Thorax elongate, with mesoscutum and antepronotal ring distinctly anterior to postpronotal carina ( Sepúlveda et al. 2013a).

Material examined. Mexico. Chiapas. Cacahoatan, Ej. Benito J. El Plan [15.100733, -92.143917], 1705m, Malaise , 13.vii-12.viii.2018, Cancino-López, R. J. & Luna-Luna, A. M., 3 females ( CNIN) ; same label information, except: 15.iii-15.iv.2018, 1 female ( CNIN) ; 1712m, 8.xii-9.i.2018, 1 female ( CNIN) ; 1712m, 14.vi-13.vii.2018, 1 male ( CNIN) ; Unión Juarez, Chiquihuites, La Caracola [15.095483, -92.099333], 2081m, trampa de luz blanca y negra, 16.vii.2018, Cancino-López, R. J. & Luna-Luna, A. M., 1 male ( CNIN) . Mexico. Malinalco Malikualli [18.951311; -99.486200], S. Rodríguez, C. Pedraza, E. Nuple, L. García, 30.ix-28.x.2019, 2 males ( CARF, CNIN) and 5 females (2 CNIN, 3 CARF) .

Distribution. Mexico * (Chiapas, State of Mexico), Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia.

Remarks. The record of this species from Chiapas presented by Chamé-Vázquez et al. (2022) is a misidentification. The correct identification is Cerantichir mexicana sp. nov., described below. Consequently, this is the first record of Cerantichir enderleini in Mexico.

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 2. Habitus in lateral view. Cerantichir enderleini Hennig, 1937, male (A) and female (B); Eoneria blanchardi Aczél, 1951, female (C); Glyphidops durus (Cresson, 1926), male (D) and female (E); Glyphidops filosus (Fabricius 1805), male (F) and female (G). 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.