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 plurivittatus Bigot, 1886 ( Figs 1H , 5C, D , 8F ) Diagnosis. Arista brown and bare. Antennal base shiny brown. Vibrissa absent. Occiput brown opaque with median yellow stripe ( Fig. 5C, D ). Fronto-orbital plate slightly pruinose, with anterior half yellow and posterior half brown ( Fig. 1H ). Prosternum wide, joining the proepisternum laterally. Anterior notopleural seta absent. Postsutural scutum dorsally with dense white pruinescence, divided by median and intra-alar brown stripes ( Fig. 1H ). One dorsocentral seta. Pleuron densely pruinose. Basicosta with one small seta. Legs dark brown, femora with ventral spine-like setae on tubercles. Fore coxa with two antero-apical setae ( Sepúlveda et al. 2020b ). Material examined. Mexico . Chiapas . Chicozapote [ 16.97560 , -93.37889 ] , 13.xi.1986 , 3 females ( CNIN ) ; Escuintla , Finca Sta. Isabel [ 15.32289 , -92.65883 ] , 5-7.vii.1988 , A, Cadena & L. Cervantes , 8 males and 14 females ( CNIN ) ; Finca La Chinita [ 14.90538 , -92.26629 ] , 30.viii.1985 , F. Arias , 1 female ( CNIN ) ; Ocosingo Chajul , Reserva Montes Azules [ 16.11260 , -90.94089 ] , 28.iv-5.v.1986 , F. Arias , R. Barba & L. Cervantes , 4 females ( CNIN ) ; same label information, except: 9-14.vii.1987 , F. Arias & L. Cervantes , 1 male ( CNIN ) . Oaxaca . Candelaria de Loxicha [ 15.92607 , -96.48925 ] , 10.ii.1982 , M. García , 1 female ( CNIN ) ; Chacahua [ 15.70282 , -96.60306 ] , 31.v.1987 , F. Árias , 1 female ( CNIN ) ; Metates [ 17.12447 , -96.05514 ], 1600 m , 3.iv.1982 , A. Ibarra , 1 female ( CNIN ) ; Portillo del Rayo [ 15.98034 , -96.51697 ] , 11.ii.1982 , M. García , 1 male and 1 female ( CNIN ) ; Pto. Eligio Sierra de Juarez [ 17.57863 , -96.67088 ] , 12.ix.1982 , A. Ibarra , 1 male and 2 females ( CNIN ) ; Valle Nacional San Mateo Yetla [ 17.75678 , -96.31665 ] , 13.x.1990 , E. Ramírez , 2 males and 1 female ( CNIN ) ; same label information, except: 13.x.1990 , 1 female ( CNIN ) ; 20.ix.1990 , E. Barrera &A. Cadena , 2 females ( CNIN ) . Puebla . Xicotepec [ 20.261398 , -97.963805 ] , 15.x.2019 , C. Pedraza-Lara , S. Rodríguez-González , L. García-Vázquez , S. Rodríguez , 4 females (2 CNIN , 2 CARF ) . Veracruz . Estación Biológica Los Tuxtlas [ 18.48394 , -95.00997 ] , 28.x.1985 , P. Sinaca , 1 male and 2 female ( CNIN ) ; same label information, except: 28.x.1985 , E. Ramírez , 1 male ( CNIN ) ; 28.x.1985 , A. Ibarra , 1 female ( CNIN ) ; 27.x.1985 , E. Ramírez , 1 male ( CNIN ) ; 27.x.1985 , P. Sinaca , 1 female ( CNIN ) ; 21.x.1985 ,A. Ibarra , 1 female ( CNIN ) ; 30.ix.1985 , P. Sinaca , 1 male ( CNIN ) ; 6.ii.1986 , P. Sinaca , 4 females ( CNIN ) ; 480 m , 7.vii.1986 , E. Ramírez , 1 male ( CNIN ) ; 7.x.1985 , P. Sinaca , 1 male ( CNIN ) ; 7.x.1985 , E. Ramírez , 1 male ( CNIN ) ; 7.x.1985 , A. Ibarra , 1 female ( CNIN ) ; 160 m , 18.iv.1985 , A. Ibarra , 1 female ( CNIN ) ; 480 m , 4.vii.1986 , P. Sinaca , 1 female ( CNIN ) ; 170 m , 14.viii.1985 , A. Ibarra , 2 females ( CNIN ) ; 100 m , 8.x.1985 , V. Hernández & E. Ramírez , 1 male ( CNIN ) ; 160 m , 8.x.1985 , V. Hernández & P. Sinaca , 3 males ( CNIN ) ; 160 m , 8.x.1985 , V. Hernández & A. Ibarra , 4 males ( CNIN ) ; 160 m , 8.x.1985 , V. Hernández & E. Ramírez , 1 male and 1 female ( CNIN ) ; 160 m , 26.ii.1985 , P. Sinaca , 1 male ( CNIN ) ; 350 m , 15.iii.1986 , E. Ramírez , 1 male ( CNIN ) ; 12.iv.1986 , A. Ibarra , 1 female ( CNIN ) ; 28.iii.1976 , E. Barrera , 1 male ( CNIN ) ; 21-28.ii.1985 , A. Ibarra , 1 male and 3 females ( CNIN ) ; 10.xii.1984 , A. Ibarra , 1 female ( CNIN ) ; 7.iii.1986 , A. Ibarra , 1 male ( CNIN ) ; 460 m , 18.ii.1986 , A. Ibarra , 1 female ( CNIN ) ; 460 m , 18.ii.1986 , P. Sinaca , 2 males and 4 females ( CNIN ) ; 160 m , 14.ii.1986 , A. Ibarra , 4 females ( CNIN ) ; 160 m , 14.ii.1986 , E. Ramírez , 2 males ( CNIN ) ; 160 m , 14.ii.1986 , A. Ibarra , 1 male ( CNIN ) ; 480 m , 4.vi.1986 , P. Sinaca , 1 male ( CNIN ) ; 10-20.v.1988 , V. Hernández & R. Pérez , 1 female ( CNIN ) ; 460 m , 18.ii.1986 , E. Ramírez , 1 male ( CNIN ) ; 10.vii.1988 , V. Hernández & R. Pérez , 1 female ( CNIN ) ; 20.vi.1988 , V. Hernández & R. Pérez , 2 males and 3 females ( CNIN ) ; 13.xi.2017 , Carlos, P. , Saúl, G. , Magali, E. , Leonardo , G., 1 male ( CARF - CPL 1440 ) and 2 females ( CARF - CPL 1760-61 ) ; 12.viii.1992 , J. Villa , 1 female ( EBCH ) . Venezuela. Miranda. Parque Nacional Guatopo [ 9.99574 , -66.60306 ], 700 m , 7.ii.1987 , Bordón , 1 male ( CNIN ) . Distribution. Mexico ( Chiapas , Veracruz , Oaxaca *, Puebla *), El Salvador , Dominican Republic , Trinidad , Panama , Colombia , Venezuela , Guyana , Peru , Bolivia , Brazil , ( Sepúlveda et al. 2020b ), Argentina ( Dufek et al. 2014 ).