Euryneura elegans, Williston, 1888

Fachin, Diego Aguilar, Zichinelli, Marcela Maria Parada & Barrett, Bolívar Rafael Garcete, 2022, An illustrated checklist of Stratiomyidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from Paraguay with three new synonyms and 22 new records of species for the country, Zootaxa 5190 (1), pp. 1-55 : 18

elegans Williston, 1888

Euryneura elegans Williston, 1888: 252 . Syntype: female, number of specimens not stated in the original description (unknown depository institution, according to Woodley 2001: 167). Type locality: Brazil.

References. Kertész, 1908a: 323 (in key to species); 325 (suppl. descr.); Lindner, 1928a: 97 (record from Paraguay); Iide, 1968: 252, 255 (in key to species), 262 (suppl. descr., figs 31–49); James, 1973a: 26.32 (cat., Paraguay not mentioned); Woodley, 2001: 167 (cat., Paraguay not mentioned).

Distribution. Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay (likely Asunción: Santísima Trinidad, see Lindner 1928a: 94), Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Comments. Lindner (1928a: 97) reported this species for Paraguay, followed by Iide (1968: 252), but in the Neotropical catalog ( James 1973a: 26.32) and the World catalog of the family ( Woodley 2001: 167), Paraguay was not included as part of the distribution of this species.