Gonomyia (Leiponeura) puer Alexander 1913

Gonomyia (Lipophleps) puer Alexander, 1913

Gonomyia (Leiponeura) puer Alexander, 1913a, p. 506, fig. 14.

Types from Hispaniola (Santo Domingo), in United States National Museum; no. 14,932. The species has a vast range in tropical and subtropical America, from the District of Columbia southward on the mainland to British Guiana, Ecuador, and Peru. There is a surprising variation in the size and structure of the dististyle of the hypopygium but it appears that a single species is involved. In the present materials the style is relatively short and stout, only about one-half the size of certain other specimens. In all cases the dististyles of the two sides are terminal in position and are markedly asymmetrical (Figure 56).

DOMINICA.—Cabrit Swamp, 23 February 1965, light trap (Wirth). Clarke Hall, 21–31 January, 1–10 February 1965 (Wirth). Pt. Lolo, 804.7 m (0.5 mile) west, 25 January 1965, at light (Wirth).