Chrysotus microtatus Meuffels & Grootaert, 1999

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

Chrysotus microtatus Meuffels & Grootaert

Chrysotus minimus Robinson, 1975: 82; preoccupied by Chrysotus minimus (Meigen, 1830).

Chrysotus microtatus Meuffels & Grootaert, 1999: 291; new name for Chrysotus minimus Robinson.

Material examined.

Dominica: Holotype ♂, Fond Figues River, rain forest, 3 February 1965, W.W. Wirth (USNM). Montserrat: 10 ♂, 7 ♀, Bottomless Ghaut, 5 August 2005, yellow pan traps, V.G. Martinson; 3 ♂, same as previous, 14 August 2005; 19 ♂, 21 ♀, Bottomless Ghaut trail to Big River, 14 August 2005, yellow pan traps, V.G. Martinson; 16 ♂, 4 ♀, Big River, 5 August 2005, yellow pan traps, V.G. Martinson; 2 ♂, 4 ♀, Big River, 450 m, 16°45.690'N, 62°11.174'W, 28 June 2017, J.B. Runyon; 1 ♂, Bottomless Ghaut, 400 m, 16°45.994'N, 62°11.497'W, 28 June 2017, J.B. Runyon (MTEC, USNM).

Distribution.

Dominica, Montserrat.

Remarks.

Adults of Chrysotus microtatus were found on Montserrat only in the deepest ghauts.