A catalog of the Sciomyzidae of Chile, with a key to genera (Diptera: Sciomyzoidea) Author Murphy, William L. 0000-0002-0085-6998 Research Collaborator, Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, 7835 Tufton Street, Fishers, Indiana 46038, USA. murph 3000 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0085 - 6998 murph3000@gmail.com Author González, Christian R. 0000-0003-2582-6071 Instituto de Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación, Santiago, Chile. christian. gonzalez @ umce. cl; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2582 - 6071 christian.gonzalez@umce.cl Author Elgueta, Mario Área de Entomología, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago, Chile. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-02-11 5099 2 261 278 journal article 20682 10.11646/zootaxa.5099.2.6 193eee09-5400-464b-b87b-97f6c1f3db36 1175-5326 6048580 2D8C2C0A-A6F2-4DAD-9BCE-818D0596E656 mendicus Zuska in Zuska & Berg, 1974: 341–342 , figs. 6, 14, 19, 31, 35, 42, 49, 51, 55 Holotype . Male ( CUIC ), Chile , Santiago . Distribution. Argentina : Buenos Aires Province ( Buenos Aires ). Chile : Región de Coquimbo : Choapa Province (Illapel); Región de Valparaíso : Valparaíso Province (Casablanca 12 km W); Región Metropolitana de Santiago : Santiago Province (Noviciado, Santiago 15 km N, Santiago 11 km SW); Región del Maule : Curicó Province (Curicó 3 km NE); Región del Bíobío : Biobío Province (Los Angeles, Mulchén 16 km N, Salto del Laja); Región de La Araucanía : Malleco Province (Marimenuco); Región de Los Ríos : Valdivia Province (Valdivia 20 km N). References. Abercrombie 1970: 142–146 (biology, habitat), 247–252 (egg, larvae, puparium); Zuska & Berg 1974: 332 (fig. 6 male postabdomen), 333 (key), 335 (fig. 14 male postabdomen), 338 (fig. 19 male postabdomen), 339 (fig. 27 male terminalia), 343 (fig. 31 male terminalia), 345 (fig. 35 male terminalia), 346 (fig. 42 female terminalia), 348 (figs. 49, 50 female terminalia), 354 (fig. 55 geographic distribution); Knutson et al . 1976: 12 (catalog); Marinoni 1995: 142 (list); Knutson & Vala 2011: 359 (geographic distribution), 457 (table 21.1 world checklist). Remarks. Knutson et al . (1976) cited this species as distributed in Aconcagua and Concepción provinces, without precise localities. Aconcagua has been split into Petorca, San Felipe de Aconcagua, and Los Andes provinces.