First distribution record of Schildia Aldrich, 1923 (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae: Leptogastrinae) for Colombia

Diana Domínguez; Nancy Gironza

doi:10.15560/10.3.700

Check List 10(3): 700-701, doi: 10.15560/10.3.700

First distribution record of Schildia Aldrich, 1923 (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae: Leptogastrinae) for Colombia

Diana Marcela Torres Domínguez^‡, Nancy S. Carrejo Gironza^‡

‡ Universidad del Valle, Colombia

Corresponding author: Diana Domínguez ( dianamarcela24@gmail.com )

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Citation: Domínguez D, Gironza N (2014) First distribution record of Schildia Aldrich, 1923 (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae: Leptogastrinae) for Colombia. Check List 10(3): 700-701. https://doi.org/10.15560/10.3.700

Abstract

The presence of the genus Schildia Aldrich, 1923 is reported for the first time in Colombia. A female specimen of S. microthorax Aldrich, 1923 was discovered in the Museo de Entomología de la Universidad del Valle (MUSENUV), collected on the university campus. A complete photographic record of the reviewed specimen is provided.

Keywords

Diptera; Asilidae; Leptogastrinae