Ommatius nigellus Scarbough, 1984

Scarbrough, Aubrey G. & Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E., 2006, A review of the asilid (Diptera) fauna from Hispaniola with six genera new to the island, fifteen new species, and checklist, Zootaxa 1381, pp. 1-91 : 66

publication ID

1175­5334

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B1C4BACE-8DA8-4051-9CFC-E6AB2C7BE9BB

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5073568

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E5198780-4F05-FFF4-6328-D1C1FC31AE29

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Felipe

scientific name

Ommatius nigellus Scarbough
status

 

Ommatius nigellus Scarbough View in CoL

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Ommatius nigellus Scarbrough, 1984: 144 View in CoL . Type locality: Furcy, Haiti, Holotype ♀ (AMNH); 1997: 15; Scarbrough & Perez-Gelabert, 2003: 54.

New records. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: RD-266 Las Abejas, P.N, / Sierra de Bahoruco, Peder - / nales prov., 1,310 m, / 18 o 09.011'N 71 o 37.342'W. / 11.vii 2004, D.Perez (d/n) (10 ♂, 4 ♀, USNM, MHND) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Collected in July from 350 to 1310 m in Ouest District, Haiti, and Pedernales and Barahona provinces, Dominican Republic, in southern Hispaniola. These areas are predominately composed of scrubthorn vegetation and mixed forest.

Remarks. The abundant, long, black setae of the face, scutum, scutellum, and fore coxae, wholly black legs, absence of scutellar bristles, and combined characters of the terminalia distinguish Ommatius nigellus ( Scarbrough 1997)

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Asilidae

Genus

Ommatius

Loc

Ommatius nigellus Scarbough

Scarbrough, Aubrey G. & Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E. 2006
2006
Loc

Ommatius nigellus

Scarbrough, A G & Perez-Gelabert, D. 2003: 54
Scarbrough, A. G. 1984: 144
1984
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