Lepidanthrax proboscideus (Loew, 1869)

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 : 67

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Bombyliidae

Lepidanthrax proboscideus (Loew, 1869) Figure 13e

Material examined.

ECA: Sep (1 F, 2 M); EEO: Apr (1 F), Aug (1 F, 1 M), Oct (4 F, 15 M); ROR: Sep (2 M); RPA: Sep (2 M), Oct (1 M).

Known Nearctic records.

Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Coahuila, Durango, Guerrero, Morelos, Sonora); USA (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah).

Comments.

Lepidanthrax proboscideus , Lepidanthrax fuscipennis Hall, 1976 and Lepidanthrax disiunctus are the only species of this genus distributed in both the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. Of these Lepidanthrax proboscideus extends as far as El Salvador, the most southern distribution for a Nearctic species of this genus. This is the first record of this species in the northeast of Mexico.