FAMILY TACHINIDAE Author Nihei, Silvio S. text Zootaxa 2016 4122 1 904 949 journal article 38808 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.76 1c8aa26a-80c7-4c40-ba4d-43a551e10a89 1175-5326 257369 2F774F3C-B2B2-46E6-8551-AE27819987E3 purpurea Curran, 1939: 2 . Type locality: “ Venezuela ”. HT M (AMNH). Distr.: Costa Rica , Venezuela and Brazil (Nunez & Couri, 2002). Refs.: Curran, 1939: 2 (desc., key to species); Guimarães, 1971a: 81 (cat.); Nunez & Couri, 2002: 11 (redesc., key to South American species). Comm.: This species was not recorded to Colombia , but is likely to occur in the country.