Chrysotus brevicornis Van Duzee, 1933

Runyon, Justin B., 2020, The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Montserrat, West Indies, ZooKeys 966, pp. 57-151 : 57

Chrysotus brevicornis Van Duzee

Chrysotus brevicornis Van Duzee, 1933b: 68.

Chrysotus brevispina Van Duzee, 1933b: 68.

Chrysotus latifacies Van Duzee, 1933b: 69.

Chrysotus mexicanus Robinson, 1967b: 120.

Material examined.

Dominica: 3 ♂, Springfield Estate, FIT, 29 May 2011, M.A. & L.L. Ivie. Mexico: Holotype ♂ of Chysotus mexicanus , Veracruz, km 375, rt. 180, 7 August 1962, H. Robinson (USNM). Montserrat: 29 ♂, 24 ♀, Woodlands, Riverside House, 10-12 January 2002, Malaise trap, Ivie, Marske, Puliafico; 8 ♂, 4 ♀, same as previous, 5-7 January 2002; 3 ♂, Hope Ghaut, 8-10 January 2002, yellow pan traps, K.A. Marske; 1 ♂, Bottomless Ghaut, 5 August 2005, yellow pan traps, V.G. Martinson; 1 ♂, Underwood Ghaut, canopy fogging at dawn, 23 May 2002, K. Marske & J. Boatswain; 8 ♂, 3 ♀, Fox’s Bay Beach, 16°43.59'N, 62°14.17'W, 23 June 2017, J.B. Runyon; 4 ♂, 1 ♀, rental house in Old Town, 16°44.795'N, 62°13.711'W, 19 June 2017, J.B. Runyon (MTEC, USNM).

Distribution.

Widespread in the Neotropics, from Mexico to Brazil and throughout the West Indies, and the Galápagos Islands.

Remarks.

This species was re-described and illustrated by Bickel and Sinclair (1997). Robinson (1975) treated this species as C. mexicanus .