taxonID	type	description	language	source
D0349651F03CFFD4FF3BC1756751F81A.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 A, 2 A, 4 A, 6 A, 7)	en	Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. (2021): New records of the predaceous midge genus Palpomyia from Mexico, with a new species in the Palpomyia distincta group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5020 (3): 550-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.6
D0349651F03CFFD4FF3BC1756751F81A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The only species of the tibialis group with the following combination of characters: thorax, including legs dark brown, fore femur and distal ½ of fore tibia slightly paler, legs without femoral spines. Male unknown.	en	Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. (2021): New records of the predaceous midge genus Palpomyia from Mexico, with a new species in the Palpomyia distincta group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5020 (3): 550-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.6
D0349651F03CFFD4FF3BC1756751F81A.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species was only known from the Nearctic region in USA (Texas). We provide the first record for Mexico and Guatemala, and the Neotropical region. William L. Grogan (personal communication) recently informed us that he slides mounted 2 large (WL 2.84 mm) females from Guatemala collected during 2012 with CR 0.93 − 0.94, which is slightly smaller than the holotype (CR 0.96).	en	Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. (2021): New records of the predaceous midge genus Palpomyia from Mexico, with a new species in the Palpomyia distincta group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5020 (3): 550-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.6
D0349651F03CFFD4FF3BC1756751F81A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Mexico, Oaxaca, San Juan Juichicovi, Locality El Zacatal, 460 m., potrero, 27 − jul− 2009, CDC trap, cols. Salceda−Sánchez, B., Rodríguez, A. & Ordóñez-Álvarez, J., 2 females, CAIM. New Record for Mexico and Guatemala.	en	Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. (2021): New records of the predaceous midge genus Palpomyia from Mexico, with a new species in the Palpomyia distincta group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5020 (3): 550-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.6
D0349651F03CFFD4FF3BC1756751F81A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. USA (Texas), Mexico (Oaxaca), Guatemala.	en	Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. (2021): New records of the predaceous midge genus Palpomyia from Mexico, with a new species in the Palpomyia distincta group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5020 (3): 550-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.6
D0349651F03AFFD1FF3BC1F366C6FD94.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 B, 3 A−C, 4 B, 6 B, 7)	en	Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. (2021): New records of the predaceous midge genus Palpomyia from Mexico, with a new species in the Palpomyia distincta group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5020 (3): 550-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.6
D0349651F03AFFD1FF3BC1F366C6FD94.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The only species of the tibialis group with the following combination of characters: Females with spinose femora, legs yellow with the distal 1 / 3 of hind femur and apex of hind tibia dark brown; wing with distal portion of costa and radius curved, elongate (costal ratio 0.89 – 0.91). Males with elongate genitalia that are tilted dorsally 45 °, parameres divided with recurved tips bearing minute spicules (Fig. 6 B).	en	Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. (2021): New records of the predaceous midge genus Palpomyia from Mexico, with a new species in the Palpomyia distincta group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5020 (3): 550-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.6
D0349651F03AFFD1FF3BC1F366C6FD94.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species is widely distributed in the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. According to Grogan & Wirth (1979) and Spinelli et al. (2009), males fore femur with 2 - 4 spines and the gonocoxite lacks a mesoventral lobe. However, in the specimens from Veracruz, we observed that the fore femur lacks ventral spines and the gonocoxite has a small distal mesoventral lobe (Fig. 6 B).	en	Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. (2021): New records of the predaceous midge genus Palpomyia from Mexico, with a new species in the Palpomyia distincta group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5020 (3): 550-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.6
D0349651F03AFFD1FF3BC1F366C6FD94.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Mexico, Veracruz, Los Tuxtlas, Medellin, 7 − apr− 2010, CDC trap, acahual, col. Hernán- dez, P., male, CAIM; Tabasco, Villahermosa, Zoológico central, 23 − dec − 2008 to 8 − jan− 2009, Malaise trap, col. Villanueva, A., female, CAIM. New records for Veracruz and Tabasco.	en	Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. (2021): New records of the predaceous midge genus Palpomyia from Mexico, with a new species in the Palpomyia distincta group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5020 (3): 550-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.6
D0349651F03AFFD1FF3BC1F366C6FD94.taxon	distribution	Distribution. North America (Alberta to Ontario, south to California, Florida), Mexico (Chihuahua, Veracruz, Tabasco), Haiti, Cuba, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina.	en	Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. (2021): New records of the predaceous midge genus Palpomyia from Mexico, with a new species in the Palpomyia distincta group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5020 (3): 550-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.6
D0349651F039FFDEFF3BC69E664AFD94.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 C, 2 B, 3 D−F, 4 C, 5 A−D, 6 C−D, 7)	en	Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. (2021): New records of the predaceous midge genus Palpomyia from Mexico, with a new species in the Palpomyia distincta group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5020 (3): 550-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.6
D0349651F039FFDEFF3BC69E664AFD94.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. HOLOTYPE. Female. Mexico, Hidalgo, Tlanchinol, 4 km carretera Tlanchinol-Apantlazol, bosque mesofilo de montaña, 8 − apr − 1997, Malaise trap, 1470 m, GPS [20 ° 59 ’ 16 ” N, 98 ° 39 ’ 36 ” W], cols. Salceda-Sán- chez, B., Blackaller, J. & Pérez – García, A., female, CAIM. Paratype female: with same data as holotype.	en	Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. (2021): New records of the predaceous midge genus Palpomyia from Mexico, with a new species in the Palpomyia distincta group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5020 (3): 550-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.6
D0349651F039FFDEFF3BC69E664AFD94.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Female. The only Neotropical species of the distincta group with the following combination of characters: thorax dark brown, with a small paler humeral area near lateral margin; scutum with anterior tubercle; legs pale yellow; mid, hind coxae, femorotibial joints, and apex of hind femur dark brown; fore femur greatly swollen with 21 – 25 ventral spines, mid and hind femora without spines; tarsal claws small, subequal-size on all legs; abdomen paler; basal ½ of posterior portion of sternite 8 fused with distal section. Male unknown. Female. Head (Fig. 1 C). Dark brown, clypeus yellowish. Eyes separated by diameter of two ommatidia. Antennal flagellum (Fig. 5 A) with flagellomeres 9 − 13 and distal 1 / 3 of 1 − 12 dark brown, basal 2 / 3 pale yellow; flagel- lomeres 2 – 8 vasiform, 9 – 13 approximately 3 x longer than 8; 13 longer than 12 with narrow, conical tip; antennal ratio (AR) 2.04 − 2.12 (2.08, n = 2). Palpus (Fig. 5 B) brown; segment 3 slender, elongate with 4 – 5 capitate sensillae; palpal ratio (PR) 4.0 (n = 2). Mandible with 7 large teeth. Thorax (Fig. 2 B). Dark brown, except a small pale humeral area near lateral margin. Scutum with anterior tubercle; sparsely covered with short setae, 3 supra-alar setae, one posterior seta near scutellum; scutellum with 4 large setae. Legs (Figs. 3 D−F, 5 C−D) pale yellow; mid, - hind coxae, femorotibial joints, apex of hind femur and tarsomeres 4 – 5 dark brown; fore femur greatly swollen with 21 – 25 ventral spines (Fig. 5 C), mid, - hind femora without spines; tarsomeres 1 – 2 of hind leg with 2 rows of ventral palisade setae; tarsomere 5 of hind leg (Fig. 5 D) with 2 − 3 slender, straight, ventrolateral setae with pointed tips; claws sub- equal-size (Fig. 3 D−F), hind claws longest. Wing (Fig. 4 C) membrane pale; all veins pale brown; M broadly sessile, distance between r-m crossvein and base of M 2 slightly shorter than r-m; 2 nd radial cell 2.7 x longer than 1 st; wing length 2.50 − 2.60 mm (2.55 mm; n = 2), width 0.74 − 0.82 (0.78 mm; n = 2); costal ratio (CR) 0.79 (n = 2). Halter white. Abdomen. (Figs. 6 C−D) pale yellow. Sternite 8 anterior portion lightly sclerotized, with 1 − 2 lateral setae and ca. 14 large, mesal setae, its margin hyaline, posterior margin convex; posterior portion slightly sclerotized, fused on basal 1 / 2, distal ½ divided, each plate elongate, gradually tapering posteriorly with pointed sclerotized tips; and 2 lateral, setose lobes that extend ¾ of plates length. Sternite 9 lightly sclerotized with a pair of slender anteriorly directed arms. Sternite 10 V-shaped with 3 – 5 pairs of large setae. Two globular, subequal-size spermathecae (Fig. 6 D) with narrow, short necks, measuring 0.070 by 0.050 mm, and 0.065 by 0.04 mm; plus, a rudimentary 3 rd spermatheca. Male. Unknown.	en	Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. (2021): New records of the predaceous midge genus Palpomyia from Mexico, with a new species in the Palpomyia distincta group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5020 (3): 550-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.6
D0349651F039FFDEFF3BC69E664AFD94.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Mexico, Hidalgo (Tlanchinol) (Fig. 7).	en	Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. (2021): New records of the predaceous midge genus Palpomyia from Mexico, with a new species in the Palpomyia distincta group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5020 (3): 550-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.6
D0349651F039FFDEFF3BC69E664AFD94.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name is an abbreviation of the word “ auakuautlan ” = forest cloud, in Nahualt lan- guage.	en	Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. (2021): New records of the predaceous midge genus Palpomyia from Mexico, with a new species in the Palpomyia distincta group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5020 (3): 550-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.6
D0349651F039FFDEFF3BC69E664AFD94.taxon	discussion	Discussion. This new species is typical of other spp. in the distincta group by their pale yellowish legs and greatly swollen fore femur with 21 – 25 black, ventral spines. Palpomyia yamana Spinelli et al. 2009 from Tierra del Fuego, has similar legs but the abdomen has 4 pairs of gland rods, hind tarsomere 5 has 4 - 5 pairs of stouter ventral setae with recurved tips and the hind claws are distinctly longer than those of fore and - midlegs. It is also similar to other two Neotropical species from Brazil, P. paulistensis Lane, 1947 and P. castanea Macfie, 1939 which have similar leg coloration. However, in both of these species the halter knob is dark brown. Also, in P. paulistensis the scutum, scutellum and postscutellum are shining black, the apex of the fore femur is dark brown and abdominal sternite 4 has a distinct dark spot. And in P. castanea the scutum is dark brown with extensive pale yellowish-brown areas, the scutellum is also yellowish-brown, the fore femur has only 8 - 9 stout black spines, and the abdomen is shining dark brown and has four pairs of gland rods. In the key by Grogan & Wirth (1979) of Nearctic species of Palpomyia, P. auakua sp. nov. keys to couplet 19, P. jamnbacki Grogan & Wirth, 1979. However, in the latter species the palpus, scutellum and abdomen are yellowish, the flagellomeres 9 – 13 are shorter (antennal ratio 1.57), the fore femur is moderately swollen with only 15 - 17 ventral spines, the hind femur has 3 ventral spines, the abdomen has one pair of gland rods and the posterior sections of sternite 8 are completely separated.	en	Huerta, Herón, Spinelli, Gustavo R. (2021): New records of the predaceous midge genus Palpomyia from Mexico, with a new species in the Palpomyia distincta group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5020 (3): 550-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.6
