Toxorhynchites (Lynchiella) grandiosus (Williston)

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Megarrhina [sic] grandiosa Williston, 1900: 224 (female). Type locality: Mexico, Guerrero, Omilteme [sic] = Omiltemi. Megarhina grandiosa in part of Howard et al. 1917: 939 .

Megarhinus (Megarhinus) grandiosus of Dyar 1928: 407 (female diagnosis).

This species has been recorded in Mexico in the states of Guerrero (Williston 1900) and Tamaulipas (Ortega- Morales et al. 2015). This is the first record of Tx. grandiosus in the state of Veracruz.

Material examined. Mexico, Veracruz, municipality of Xalapa, Coapexpan, 0 2 August 2001, 1 ♀ (19° 31’ 28.46’’ N, 96° 56’ 38.58’’ W) .

+Number of basal branches (fanlike seta with dendritic branches).

*Number of terminal branches (forked seta).