The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Montserrat, West Indies Author Runyon, Justin B. Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 1648 S. 7 th Avenue, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA & Montana Entomology Collection, Montana State University, Room 50 Marsh Laboratory, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0271-0511 jrunyon@montana.edu text ZooKeys 2020 966 57 151 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.966.55192 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.966.55192 1313-2970-966-57 B18DEB582C8F4F95B7EF3BECC9F4D4B7 9E8EAAF1A28A5D6BA36B2D363A1BA200 Thrypticus violaceus Van Duzee Thrypticus violaceus Van Duzee, 1927: 5. Thrypticus setosus Robinson, 1964: 118. Material examined. Dominica : 1 ♂, Fond Colet, 5-9 October 1964, P.J. Spangler (USNM) Montserrat : 12 ♂, 12 ♀, Woodlands, Riverside House, 10-12 January 2002, Malaise trap, Ivie, Marske & Puliafico; 9 ♂, 4 ♀, same as previous, 5-7 January 2002; 4 ♂, 2 ♀, same as previous, 17-28 July 2005, WIBF group; 2 ♂, 3 ♀, Hope Ghaut, 8-10 January 2002, yellow pan traps, K.A. Marske; 1 ♂, Cassava Ghaut, Beattie House, 14-30 June 2002, Malaise trap, M.A. Ivie; 1 ♀, Gun Hill, 2-19 June 2002, Malaise trap, K.A. Marske (MTEC, USNM); 1 ♀, March 1910 (USNM). Distribution. North America (Florida, North Carolina, and Texas) and the West Indies (Haiti, Puerto Rico, Dominica, and Montserrat).