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Issue: Vol. 1808 No. 1: 23 Jun. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-06-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1808.1.3
Page range: 44–52
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 1

The family Lygistorrhinidae (Diptera: Sciaroidea) in Mexico and the description of two new species

Lab. Entomología, InDRE, Carpio 470, Col. Santo Tomás, México D. F. 11340
Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Departamento de Biodiversidad y Ecología Animal, km 2.5 carretera antigua a Coatepec No. 351, Congregación El Haya, 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
Diptera Lygistorrhinidae Mexico Lygistorrhina Probolaeus new species

Abstract

The family Lygistorrhinidae is recorded for the first time in Mexico, based on adult morphological descriptions of two new species of the genus Lygistorrhina Skuse: L. (Probolaeus) alexi sp. nov. and L. (P.) borkenti sp. nov. A third species belonging to L. (Lygistorrhina) sp. was found, but it remains undescribed due to scarcity of specimens. The specimens were collected in two natural reserves of the state of Yucatan (Ría Lagartos and Ría Celestún), along the border of the states of Morelos and Mexico (National Park “Lagunas de Zempoala”), and in the state of Hidalgo (near the locality of Tlanchinol).Keys words: Diptera, Lygistorrhinidae, Mexico, Lygistorrhina, Probolaeus, new species

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