Toxophora virgata Osten Sacken, 1877

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 : 53

Taxon classification Animalia Diptera Bombyliidae

Toxophora virgata Osten Sacken, 1877 Figure 2c, d

Material examined.

EAM: Jun (1 F, 1 M), Jul (1 F); CHU: Aug (1 M), Oct (1 M); EEO: Jul (1 M), Oct (1 F, 1 M); RLC: Jun (1 M); ROR: Apr (1 F, 2 M); RPA: Oct (1 F).

Known Nearctic records.

Mexico (Baja California Sur, Coahuila, Sonora); USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah).

Known hosts.

Odynerus sp. ( Vespidae ); Stenodynerus toltecus Saussure ( Vespidae ).

Comments.

This species is present in the all southwestern states of the USA and northwest of Mexico. This is the first record in the northeast of Mexico. The species is probably also present in Chihuahua, between Sonora and Coahuila.