Eccritosia zamon (Townsend, 1895)

Estrada, Alejandro & Nápoles, Jesús Romero, 2020, New distribution records of Asilidae (Insecta: Diptera) for Mexico, Insecta Mundi 2020 (783), pp. 1-13 : 2-3

Eccritosia zamon (Townsend, 1895) ( Figure 4 )

Genus distribution in Mexico. Baja California, Chihuahua, Guerrero, Jalisco, and Oaxaca ( Papavero 2009), Colima ( Lavigne 1977).

Species distribution in Mexico. Baja California, Chihuahua, Guerrero, Jalisco and Oaxaca ( Papavero 2009), Colima ( Lavigne 1977).

New records. Morelos * (Alpuyeca) and Nayarit *.

Material examined. MEXICO: Morelos, Alpuyeca , 2/x/1983, A. Ibarra (1♂ CNIN) . Nayarit, 9 km E Tuxpan Microondas La Peñita [ Tropical Deciduous Forest ], 21°56′06″ N, 105°13′23″ W, 140 m, 17/ vii/1995, F.A. Noguera and A. Rodríguez (2♂ EBCC) ; same data, except: R. Ayala (1♂ EBCC) .

Remarks. Two species of Eccritosia have been recorded in Mexico, E. zamon ranges from southern U.S.A. to Costa Rica, and E. barbata (Fabricius) is distributed from the southeastern U.S.A. to Argentina ( Papavero 2009). A revision of the genus was made by Lamas (1973).

Figures

Figures 1–6.Habitus of Asilidae spp. 1) Female habitus ofCarreraomyia acapulquensis (Cole and Pritchard, 1964). Credit: Enrique Ramírez. 2) Male habitus of Cophura humilis (Bellardi, 1861). Credit: A.E. 3) Male habitus of Diogmites cuantlensis (Bellardi, 1861). Credit: A.E. 4) Male habitus of Eccritosia zamon (Townsend, 1895). Credit: A.E. 5) Male habitus ofEfferia bicolor (Bellardi, 1861). Credit: A.E.6) Male habitus ofEfferia triton (Osten-Sacken, 1887). Credit: A.E.