Viridigona thoracica (Van Duzee)

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

Viridigona thoracica (Van Duzee)

Neurigona thoracica Van Duzee, 1931a: 178.

Material examined.

Dominica: 1 ♂, St. David Parish, ca. 1 km NE Ponte Casse, Waitukubuli National Trail, 15.381490N, 61.340138W, Malaise trap, 31 May-5 June 2011. Montserrat: 1 ♂, Gun Hill, 18-30 May 2002, Malaise trap, K.A. Marske; 1 ♂, same as previous, 30 May-7 June 2002; 1 ♀, Cassava Ghaut, Beattie House, 4-23 March 2002, Malaise trap, A. Krakower; 1 ♂, same as previous, 17-30 May 2002; 1 ♂, same as previous, 14-30 June 2002, M.A. Ivie; 1 ♀, ghaut above Montserrat Volcano Observatory, 330 m, 16°45.130'N, 62°12.487'W, 27 June 2017, J.B. Runyon (MTEC, USNM).

Distribution.

Widely distributed in the American tropics (Dominica, Ecuador, Montserrat, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela).

Remarks.

See Naglis (2003) for a revision of the genus Viridigona and re-description of V. thoracica .