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 Nerius pilifer Fabricius, 1805 ( Fig. 8F ) Diagnosis. Arista brown and bare. Antennal base shiny and dark brown. Vibrissa absent. Occiput shiny with median yellow stripe. Prosternum wide, joining proepisternum laterally. Scutum dorsally with dense pruinose stripe divided by narrow median brown stripe. Anterior notopleural seta reduced. Basicosta with one small seta. One dorsocentral seta. Legs dark brown, fore femur with outstanding anteroventral row of spines. Fore coxa with two antero-apical setae (adapted from Aczél 1951 ). Distribution. Mexico , Haiti , Costa Rica , Panama , Colombia , Venezuela , Guyana , Surinam , Ecuador , Peru , Bolivia , Brazil , Paraguay , Argentina ( Sepúlveda & de Carvalho 2016 ).