Neriidae (Diptera: Schizophora) from Mexico: new species, new records and an identification key Author Gomes, Lucas R. P. Escuela Nacional de Ciencia Forense, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito de la Investigación Científica s / n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico. Author Sepúlveda, Tatiana A. Entomological Collection, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Author Pedraza-Lara, Carlos Escuela Nacional de Ciencia Forense, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito de la Investigación Científica s / n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-04-12 5264 1 27 46 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5264.1.2 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5264.1.2 1175-5326 7836092 80DB8C45-165A-4873-B2E9-752CB01CD6FB Glyphidops filosus ( Fabricius, 1805 ) ( Figs 1E , 2F, G , 8D ) Diagnosis. Frontal vitta yellow with ovate black spot on posterior third, covering the ocellar tubercle and narrowing towards the median occipital sclerite ( Fig. 1E ). First flagellomere lanceolate with arista apical and densely white pubescent ( Fig. 1E ). Vibrissa absent. Prosternum narrow, separated from proepisternal plate by a wide membranous area. Two dorsocentral prescutellar setae. Scutum with two dorsal white pruinescent stripes, separated by wide median brown stripe that narrows after transverse suture. Supra-alar seta absent ( Fig. 2F, G ). Fore coxa with one antero-apical seta (adapted from Sepúlveda et al. 2014 ). Material examined. Mexico . Chiapas . Ocosingo , Montes Azules [ 16.11260 , -90.94089 ], 9-14.vii.1987 , F. Arias & L. Cervantes , 1 male ( CNIN ) . Oaxaca . km 54 Tuxtepec - Oaxaca [ 18.07732 , -96.14509 ], 28.iii.1984 , A. Ibarra , 1 female ( CNIN ) . Veracruz . Estación Biológica Los Tuxtlas [ 18.48394 , -95.00997 ], 20.i.1986 , F. Arias , 1 female ( CNIN ) ; same label information, except: 10.vii.1988 , V. Hernández & R. Pérez , 1 female ( CNIN ) ; 13.xi.2017 , Carlos, P. , Saúl, G. , Magali, E. , Leonardo , G., 1 female ( CARF - CPL 1759 ) ; 12.viii.1992 , E. Ramírez , 1 male ( EBCH ) . Distribution. Mexico ( Chiapas , Oaxaca *, Veracruz *), Guatemala and Honduras to Surinam and South to Bolivia and Brazil ( Sepúlveda et al. 2014 ).