Molynocoelia lutea Giglio-Tos, 1893

Norrbom, Allen L., Steck, Gary J., Rodriguez, Erick J., Sutton, Bruce D., Nolazco, Norma, Keil, Clifford, Padilla, Anabel, Clavijo, Pedro Alexander Rodriguez & O., P., 2019, New species and distribution records of Alujamyia Norrbom and Molynocoelia Giglio-Tos (Diptera: Tephritidae), Israel Journal of Entomology (Oxford, England) 49 (2), pp. 73-86 : 84

Molynocoelia lutea Giglio-Tos, 1893

Molynocoelia lutea Giglio-Tos, 1893: 11 (holotype ♂ (Istituto e Museo di Zoologia, Turin), Mexico: Veracruz: Tuxpango [18°49'N 97°01'W]); Norrbom 2006: 57.

Material examined: Colombia: Antioquia: 1♀ Santa Bárbara, Finca El Guayabo, 5.8732°N

75.2290°W, 1500 m, trampa McPhail 82, 18.iv.2015, ICA ( USNM USNMENT00875364 ) . Caldas:

2♂ Belalcazar, Hacienda Beltran, 4.5949°N 75.4904°W, 1448 m, trampa McPhail 76, 11.i.2012, ICA

( ICAT ICAMF00000369, USNM USNMENT00875365); 1♂ 1♀ Victoria, 5.3130°N 74.9588°W,

1136 m, trampa McPhail 08, 11.i.2012, ICA ( FSCA); Cundinamarca: 1♀ Tena, Vereda El Rosario

4.6682°N 74.4030°W, 1586 m, McPhail trap 2, 15.viii.2014, ICA ( ICAT ICAMF00000370 ). Guatemala: Suchitepéquez: 1♀ Patulul, Finca Vesuvio, 1450 m, 11.ii.2007, Monzón & Camposeco ( USNM

USNMENT01354548); 1♂ Santa Barbara , Finca Panama, Periauera, 14.53233°N 91.19761°W, 1127 m ,

i.2008, J.P. Pérez, F. Camposeco & J. Monzón ( USNM USNMENT01354549).

Distribution: This species was previously known from Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz), Guatemala, and Costa Rica ( Norrbom 2006). The examined specimens from Colombia (Antioquia, Caldas and Cundinamarca) are the first recorded for that country. The Colombian localities are in the Cordillera Central and Cordillera Oriental, between 1136 and 1586 m altitude.