CONTRIBUTIONS TO A HISTORY OF MEXICAN DIPTEROLOGY.- PART I. ENTOMOLOGISTS AND THEIR WORKS BEFORE THE BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA.

The life and works of entomologists who described species of Diptera from Mexico before the publication of the Biologia Centrali-Americana are presented, including some commentaries about the collectors. Here are listed all the Mexican Diptera species-names proposed by Thomas Say (15 species), Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (35 species), Pierre Justin Marie Macquart (71 species), John Obadiah Westwood (5 species), Bracy Clark (1 species), Francis Walker (91 species), Luigi Bellardi (176 species), Camilo Rondani (5 species), F. Jaennicke (24 species), Edward Adolph Gerstaecker (8 species), Jaques Marie Frangille Bigot (205 species), Alfred Dugès (1 species), Friedrich Moritz Brauer (3 species), F. M. Brauer & J. F. Bergenstamm (13 species), Ermanno Giglio-Tos (177 species), and Ewald Rübsaamen (2 species). Included are a total of 832 specific names of the following 51 current families (in phylogenetic order): Tipulidae, Culicidae, Simuliidae, Anisopodidae, Bibionidae, Ditomyiidae, Mycetophilidae, Sciaridae, Xylomyidae, Stratiomyidae, Tabanidae, Rhagionidae, Pantophtalmidae, Therevidae, Mydidae, Asilidae, Nemestrinidae, Acroceridae, Bombyliidae, Empididae, Dolichopodidae, Syrphidae, Conopidae, Micropezidae, Neriidae, Psilidae, Tanypezidae, Richardiidae, Otitidae, Platystomatidae, Tephritidae, Dryomyzidae, Sepsidae, Sciomyzidae, Lauxaniidae, Lonchaeidae, Ephydridae, Drosophilidae, Chloropidae, Heleomyzidae, Rhinotoridae, Anthomyiidae, Scatophagidae, Muscidae, Hippoboscidae, Streblidae, Nycteribiidae, Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Tachinidae, and Cuterebridae. The original reference, type-locality, depository museum or collection, present taxonomic status of each name and additional references are presented.Se presenta la vida y obra de aquellos entomólogos quienes describieron especies de Diptera de México antes de la publicación de la obra Biologia Centrali-Americana, incluyendo algunos comentarios respecto a los colectores. Aquí se incluyen las listas de los nombres de especies mexicanas propuestos por Thomas Say (15 especies), Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (35 especies), Pierre Justin Marie Macquart (71 especies), John Obadiah Westwood (5 especies), Bracy Clark (1 especie), Francis Walker (91 especies), Luigi Bellardi (176 especies), Camilo Rondani (5 especies), F. Jaennicke (24 especies) Edward Adolph Gerstaecker (8 especies), Jaques Marie Frangille Bigot (205 especies), Alfred Dugès (1 especie), Friedrich Moritz Brauer (3 especies), F. M. Brauer & J. F. Bergenstamm (13 especies), Ermanno Giglio-Tos (177 especies), and Ewald Rübsaamen (2 especies), esto es, un total de 832 nombres específicos de las siguientes 51 familias actuales (en orden filogenético): Tipulidae, Culicidae, Simuliidae, Anisopodidae, Bibionidae, Ditomyiidae, Mycetophilidae, Sciaridae, Xylomyidae, Stratiomyidae, Tabanidae, Rhagionidae, Pantophtalmidae, Therevidae, Mydidae, Asilidae, Nemestrinidae, Acroceridae, Bombyliidae, Empididae, Dolichopodidae, Syrphidae, Conopidae, Micropezidae, Neriidae, Psilidae, Tanypezidae, Richardiidae, Otitidae, Platystomatidae, Tephritidae, Dryomyzidae, Sepsidae, Sciomyzidae, Lauxaniidae, Lonchaeidae, Ephydridae, Drosophilidae, Chloropidae, Heleomyzidae, Rhinotoridae, Anthomyiidae, Scatophagidae, Muscidae, Hippoboscidae, Streblidae, Nycteribiidae, Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Tachinidae y Cuterebridae. Se presenta la referencia original, la localidad tipo, el museo o colección depositarios, el estado taxonómico actual de cada nombre y referencias adicionales