Palpomyia aspina Grogan & Wirth 1979

Palpomyia aspina Grogan & Wirth (Figs. 1A, 2A, 4A, 6A, 7) Palpomyia aspina Grogan & Wirth, 1979: 37 (female; USA, Texas; figs.). Borkent & Wirth 1997: 130 (in World catalog); Borkent & Grogan 2009: 28 (in Nearctic catalog north of Mexico; distribution); Borkent & Dominiak 2020: 206 (in World catalog). Diagnosis. The only species of the tibialis group with the following combination of characters: thorax, including legs dark brown, fore femur and distal ½ of fore tibia slightly paler, legs without femoral spines. Male unknown. Remarks. This species was only known from the Nearctic region in USA (Texas). We provide the first record for Mexico and Guatemala, and the Neotropical region. William L. Grogan (personal communication) recently informed us that he slides mounted 2 large (WL 2.84 mm) females from Guatemala collected during 2012 with CR 0.93−0.94, which is slightly smaller than the holotype (CR 0.96). Material examined. Mexico, Oaxaca, San Juan Juichicovi, Locality El Zacatal, 460 m., potrero, 27− jul− 2009, CDC trap, cols. Salceda−Sánchez, B., Rodríguez, A. & Ordóñez-Álvarez, J., 2 females, CAIM. New Record for Mexico and Guatemala. Distribution. USA (Texas), Mexico (Oaxaca), Guatemala.
Published as part of Huerta, Herón & Spinelli, Gustavo R., 2021, New records of the predaceous midge genus Palpomyia from Mexico, with a new species in the Palpomyia distincta group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), pp. 550-560 in Zootaxa 5020 (3) on page 553, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.6
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