Mythicomyia bilobata Ramos-Pastrana, Rojas-Portilla & Evenhuis, 2024

Ramos-Pastrana, Yardany, Córdoba-Suarez, Eric & Evenhuis, Neal L., 2025, First records of Mythicomyia Coquillett, 1893 (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae: Mythicomyiinae) from Central America, with description of three new species and an updated key to Neotropical species, Zootaxa 5621 (1), pp. 69-90 : 85

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.1.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15219742
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scientific name	Mythicomyia bilobata Ramos-Pastrana, Rojas-Portilla & Evenhuis, 2024
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Mythicomyia bilobata Ramos-Pastrana, Rojas-Portilla & Evenhuis, 2024 View in CoL

Figs 10 View FIGURE 10 , 11A View FIGURE 11 1, D 1 View FIGURE 1

Mythicomyia bilobata Ramos-Pastrana, Rojas-Portilla & Evenhuis, 2024: 542 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , figs 1–20. Type locality: Colombia, Antioquia, Liborina.

Recent study of additional specimens shows this species to range from Colombia northward into Costa Rica and Belize. Further collecting may show wider distribution of this species in other Neotropical countries as well.

Examined material. Male: BELIZE, Stann Creek, District: Carrie Bow Cay, 15–27.Jan[uary].1987, W. Mathis & C. Feller / USNM Bombyliidae Collection (1 ♂); idem 18–22.March.1988, W. Mathis (1 ♂) (photographed specimen); (1 ♂ LEUA); idem (1 ♂ BPBM); idem 31.Jul[y].1989 (1 ♂); idem Glover’s Reef Long Cay , 27– 28.Jul[y].1989 (1 ♂); idem Carrie Bow Cay , 15–27.Jan[I].1987, W. Mathis & C. Feller (1 ♀); idem Coco Plum Cay , 23.March.1988, W. Mathis (4 ♀); idem (1 ♀ BPBM); Belize, Lighthouse Reef, Half Moon Cay , 17º12′N / 87º31″W, 1.Apr[il].1993 (1 ♀ LEUA). GoogleMaps COSTA RICA, Guanacaste, Cuajiniquil, Bahía Tomas Salinitas , 7.II–7.III.2022, M.M. Chavarría, P. Hanson (1 ♀) (photographed specimen); idem 18.III–9.IV.2022 (1 ♀ MNCR); idem (1 ♀ LEUA); (1 ♀ BPBM);.

Distribution. Belize (Stann Creek, District)*, Colombia (Antioquia) Costa Rica (Guanacaste)* ( Fig. 11A View FIGURE 11 1, D 1 View FIGURE 1 ).

Remarks. Externally the male examined specimens differs from the holotype illustration present in Ramos-Pastrana et al. (2024, fig. 3) by presenting darker colors and much longer setae mainly in thorax and abdomen, however the genital structures are exactly identical; for the case of the females analyzed, both the external characters and the genitalia are exactly identical to those illustrated in Ramos-Pastrana et al. (2024, figs 15–20).