Paracosmus (Paracosmus) morrisoni Osten Sacken, 1887

Avalos-Hernandez, Omar, Kits, Joel, Trujano-Ortega, Marysol, Garcia-Vazquez, Uri Omar & Cano-Santana, Zenon, 2014, New records of bee flies (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila, Mexico, ZooKeys 422, pp. 49-85 : 59

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Bombyliidae

Paracosmus (Paracosmus) morrisoni Osten Sacken, 1887 Figure 8

Material examined.

EAM: Apr (1 F, 1 M); CHU: Apr (2 M), Jul (1 F), Aug (2 F); ECA: Apr (1 M); EEO: May (1 F); REE: Apr (1 F); ROR: Apr (2 M), May (1 F, 3 M); RPA: Apr (1 F).

Known Nearctic records.

Mexico (Coahuila, Sonora); USA (Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas).

Comments.

Paracosmus (Paracosmus) morrisoni has the widest distribution within this genus, but in Mexico had previously only been recorded in Sonora. This record represent the most eastern distribution for the genus in the country.