Harmstonia simplex Robinson, 1967

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

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scientific name	Harmstonia simplex Robinson
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Treatment

Harmstonia simplex Robinson

Harmstonia simplex Robinson, 1967a: 5.

Material examined.

Dominica: Holotype ♂, Clarke Hall, 11-20 February 1965, W.W. Wirth (USNM). Montserrat: 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Big River, 5 August 2005, yellow pan traps, V.G. Martinson; 1 ♀, Bottomless Ghaut, 5 August 2005, yellow pan traps, V.G. Martinson; 3 ♂, 3 ♀, Hope Ghaut, 300 m, 16°45.108'N, 62°12.695'W, 20 June 2017, J.B. Runyon; 5 ♂, 5 ♀, same as previous, 280 m, 16°45.101'N, 62°12.760'W; 5 ♀, Runaway Ghaut, roadside springs, 150 m, 16°45.449'N, 62°13.011'W, 22 June 2017, J.B. Runyon; 1 ♂, Runaway Ghaut, 175 m, 16°45.43'N, 62°12.89'W, 23 June 2017, J.B. Runyon; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Corbett Spring, 300 m, 16°45.012'N, 62°11.184'W, 26 June 2017, J.B. Runyon; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Fairy Walk River, 260 m, 16°45.162'N, 62°10.854'W, 26 June 2017, J.B. Runyon; 2 ♂, 2 ♀, ghaut above Montserrat Volcano Observatory, 330 m, 16°45.130'N, 62°12.487'W, 27 June 2017, J.B. Runyon; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Bottomless Ghaut, 400 m, 16°45.994'N, 62°11.497'W, 28 June 2017, J.B. Runyon; 5 ♂, 5 ♀, Big River, 450 m, 16°45.690'N, 62°11.174'W, 28 June 2017, J.B. Runyon (MTEC, USNM).

Distribution.

Dominica, Montserrat.

Remarks.

This is the only species of Harmstonia known from the Lesser Antilles. Adults were found on moist rocks in ghauts, but unlike Enlinia patellitarsis , do not require running or splashing water.