A new species of Bithoracochaeta Stein (Diptera: Muscidae) with comments on Mexican species of the genus and their implication as possible biocontrol agents for greenhouses pests Author Jaume-Schinkel, Santiago 0000-0002-3502-9407 Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A. C. (INECOL), Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, Colonia El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. C. P. 91073. & santijaumes @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3502 - 9407 santijaumes@hotmail.com Author Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio Red Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, Instituto de Ecología, A. C. (INECOL), Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, Colonia El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico. C. P. 91073. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-12-21 4896 2 283 291 journal article 9217 10.11646/zootaxa.4896.2.9 9573c6be-c2dc-45cc-befd-e44d02392676 1175-5326 4381976 8DDE0A98-9542-438B-BF9D-ADAC7F28CA97 Bihtoracochaeta leucoprocta ( Wiedemann, 1830 ) leucoprocta Wiedemann, 1830: 433 (as Anthomyia ). Type locality: Westindien (= West Indies. Bithoracochaeta leucoprocta : Stein (1919: 157 , catalogue), Motta & Couri (1999: 678 , taxonomic history, redescription), Carvalho et al . (2005: 178 , catalogue, taxonomic history). Syn. Anthomyia despecta Walker, 1853: 364 . Type locality: Brazil . Syn. Coenosia antica Walker, 1853: 367 . Type locality: United States of America . Syn. Coenosia pipunculina Thomson, 1869: 559 . Type locality: Brazil , Guanabara , Rio de Janeiro . Syn. Coenosia uvens Giglio-Tos, 1893: 11 . Type locality: Messico (= Mexico ) . Syn. Coenosia femoralis Wulp, 1896: 345 . Type locality: Mexico , Veracruz , Orizaba ; Guerrero , Chilpancingo ; Mexico City . Syn. Caricea insignis Stein, 1898: 257 . Type locality: United States of America , Florida and Louisiana . Diagnosis. Antenna brown; mid and hind femora yellow with brown apices, fore femur yellow; long, tubular hypandrium without spines ( Couri 2005 ). Distribution. Argentina , Brazil , Colombia , Costa Rica , Cuba , Guyana , Jamaica , Mexico , Panama , Paraguay , Peru , Puerto Rico , Uruguay and Venezuela ( Carvalho et al. 2005 ; Couri 2005 ).