Rhynachantrax texanus (Painter, 1933)

Avalos-Hernandez, Omar, Kits, Joel, Trujano-Ortega, Marysol, Garcia-Vazquez, Uri Omar & Cano-Santana, Zenon, 2014, New records of bee flies (Diptera, Bombyliidae) from Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila, Mexico, ZooKeys 422, pp. 49-85 : 72

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.422.7598

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C2F172F9-0159-4CB8-8008-7649B690CEF0

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D2605BB-804D-79B0-161F-6D1E602CB988

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scientific name

Rhynachantrax texanus (Painter, 1933)
status

 

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Bombyliidae

Rhynachantrax texanus (Painter, 1933) Figure 17b

Material examined.

EEO: May (1 M); RLC: Jun (1 F, 11 M), Jul (3 M).

Known Nearctic records.

Mexico (Coahuila, Sonora); USA (Kansas, New Mexico, Texas).

Comments.

This is the most eastern record in Mexico for this species. In the USA it is distributed in the southern-center of the country, but in Mexico it has been collected in Sonora so it probably also occurs in Arizona.

Order

Diptera

Family

Bombyliidae

SubFamily

Anthracinae

Genus

Rhynachantrax