Ommatius lucidatus Scarbrough, 1997

Scarbrough, Aubrey G. & Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E., 2006, A review of the asilid (Diptera) fauna from Hispaniola with six genera new to the island, fifteen new species, and checklist, Zootaxa 1381, pp. 1-91 : 62

Ommatius lucidatus Scarbrough

( Table 1, Figs. 50, 56)

Ommatius lucidatus Scarbrough, 1997: 13 . Type locality: N. Cabo Rojo, Pedernales province, Dominican Republic, holotype: ♂ (CMNH). Scarbrough & Perez-Gelabert, 2003: 53.

New records. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: RD-229 ~ 2 km road to San / Juan , near bridge on Viajama / river, Azua prov., 294 m, 18 o 35.245'N 70 o 58.085'W, 20.iv. / 2004, D.Perez, B.Hierro, R. / Bastardo (d) (4 ♂, 11 ♀, USNM) ; RD-190 ~ 5 km hacia Caseta / No. 1, Parque Nacional Sierra de / Bahoruco, Independencia prov., / 18 o 18.302'N 71 o 34.219'W, / 11.xii.2003, D.Perez, / R.Bastardo, B.Hierro (d) (1 ♀, USNM) ; RD-078 El Cajuil, Oviedo , / Pedernales prov., 52 mm, / 17 o 48.783'N 71 o 21.538'W / 2.xii.2002, D.Perez, B.Hierro, / R.Bastardo (night)(1 ♂, USNM) ; Pedernales prov., P N Jaragua / trail to Carlitos ca. 6 km S of / Highway 44 106 meters / 17 o 48.932'N 71 o 28.271'W. / 9 July 2004 / N.E.Woodley (1 ♂, USNM) ; Peravia prov. Bahia ~5k / W of Baní, 18 o 17.460'N / 70 o 23.090'W 90 m, 8.viii. / 2006, D.Perez, R.Bastardo (1 ♂, 1 ♀, USNM) ; RD-247 Rd. Inoa – El Caimito, / nr San José de las Matas , San- / tiago prov., 552 m, 19 o 22.225'N / 71 o 00.661'W, 28.iv.2004, D. / Perez, B Hierro, R.Bastardo (d/n) (1 ♀, USNM) .

Distribution. Captured at low elevations (52–475 m) during April, July, October, November, and December in Azua, Bahoruco, Independencia, Montecristi, Pedernales, Peravia, and Santiago provinces. Vegetation patterns include pastures, scrublands, and deciduous forests.

Remarks. Ommatius lucidatus is distinguished from congeners by the characters in the key, especially the row of stout bristles below the middle femur, wing venation ( Fig. 50), rows of stout bristles on sternites 4–5, dense pad of fine setae bordered by hooked bristles on sternite 6, and raised sternite 7 which bears a tight cluster of apically angular bristles ( Fig. 56). Its range is expanded to include Peravia and Santiago provinces and the month of April.