Three species of Lachesilla, in species group rufa, from the Sierra Tarahumara, Chihuahua, Mexico, are here described and illustrated: L. byei n. sp., L. furthi n. sp., and L. raramuri n. sp. Two of them belong in Subgroup IIb of the species group, one showing affinities with L. sommermanae Garca Aldrete and L. yakima Mockford Garca Aldrete, the second one showing affinity with L. salamana Garca Aldrete. The third species belongs in Subgroup I of the species group, showing affinities with L. aspera Garca Aldrete and L. chiricahua Garca Aldrete. The especies here described raise to seven the number of species of Lachesilla in the Sierra Tarahumara.
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Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amaznia - INPA; CPEN - Programa de Ps-Graduao em Entomologia; Campus II; Caixa postal 478; CEP 69011-97; Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil; Laboratrio de Sistemtica de Insetos; Departamento de Cincias Biolgicas; Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana; Km 3; BR-116; Bahia; Feira de Santana; Bahia; Brazil..
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Departamento de Zoologa, Instituto de Biologa, Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico, Apdo. Postal 70-153, CdMx, MXICO. .
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Instituto de Estudios Ambientales, Universidad de la Sierra Jurez, Ixtl de Jurez, Oaxaca, MXICO. .
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