Updating the knowledge of the flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Chile: Illustrated catalog, extinction risk and biological notes Author Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M. Author Riera, Pamela pamela.riera1@gmail.com Author Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura laurapaninao@gmail.com Author Guzmán, Vicente Valdés vicente.mvg@gmail.com Author Henríquez-Piskulich, Patricia phenriquezpi@student.unimelb.edu.au text Zootaxa 2021 2021-04-15 4959 1 1 178 journal article 7241 10.11646/zootaxa.4959.1.1 e9fcfa2b-72cd-4826-a7e5-c33cd37bf00e 1175-5326 4693464 3BAB6920-30AC-410A-995B-BBDA9E2A105D Eupeodes (Metasyrphus) rojasi Marnef, 1999 in Thompson, 1999a Eupeodes rojasi Marnef, 1999: 338 in Thompson, 1999a Type locality and data. “ Chile . Valparaíso ” (HT, ♂ , INIA ) . Material examined. Tarapacá : 1♀ , Parca , 16.II.1967 ; Leg. J . Herrera ( IEUMCE ) ; 2♀ , Mamiña , 16.XI.1964 , Leg. Etcheverry ( IEUMCE ) ; Coquimbo : 1♂ , 3♀ , El Naranjo , Tilama , I.1969 , Leg. J. Molina ( MEUC ) ; Valparaíso : 5♂ , 17♀ , Valparaíso , 21.I.1960 , Leg. Marnef ( INIA ; USNM ) ; Metropolitana : 1♂ , Lampa , 30.I.1965 , Leg. Zapata ( IEUMCE ) ; 1♀ , El Arrayán , III.1951 , Leg. Etcheverry ( IEUMCE ) ; 1♀ , Cerro San Cristóbal , no data, Leg. Etcheverry ( IEUMCE ) ; 1♀ , Ñuñoa, 6.IV.1996 , Leg. M. Cerda; 1♀ , El Peñon, 8.III.1952 , Leg. NN (MNHNSCL); 1♂ , Malloco , 12.X.1965 , Leg. Etcheverry ( IEUMCE ) ; 2♂ , 6♀ , Quebrada de la Plata , 27.IV.1967 , Leg. Hichins ( MEUC ) ; 2♂ , 3♀ , Antumapu , La Pintana , no data, Leg. NN ( MEUC ) ; 1♂ , El Volcán , II.1951 , Leg. Etcheverry ( IEUMCE ) . References. Thompson, 1999a: 338 (key), Thompson, 1999b: 376 , fig. 19–21 (abdomen, male genitalia, wing); Arcaya et al. , 2013: 145 (records & distr.); López-García & Maza, 2013: 239 (cat.); Marín-Armijos et al. , 2017: 170 (cat.); Mengual et al. , 2018b: 154 (phylogeny). World distribution. Argentina , Ecuador , Peru , Venezuela and Chile . Chilean distribution. From Tarapacá to the Metropolitan region ( Fig. 187 ). Altitudinal range. From coastal to highland ecosystems (5– 2,770 m .a.s.l.). Biology and notes. Eupeodes rojasi is an important predator of the woolly apple aphid Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausamann) ( Thompson 1999a ) . Other data about its biology or ecology are unknown. Conservation status. LC; EOO = 117,264 km 2 , AOO = 52 km 2 and 11 localities (or subpopulations). FIGURE 187 . Distribution map of Eupeodes species in Chile: Eupeodes americanus ( Wiedemann, 1830 ) (blue circles), and Eupeodes rojasi Marnef, 1999 (red circles). Genus Fazia Shannon, 1927 Fazia Shannon, 1927: 25 . Type-species, F. bullaephora Shannon (orig. des.) = decemmaculata (Rondani) . Refs. Thompson, 2012a (generic status). Chasmia Enderlein, 1938: 213 (name preocc. by Enderlein, 1922 ). Type-species, C. hians Enderlein (orig. des.). Metepistrophe Hull, 1949b: 293 (Proposed as a subg. of Epistrophe Walker, 1852: 242 ). Epistrophe altissima Fluke (orig. des.). Metallograpta Hull, 1949b: 293 (Proposed as a subg. of Epistrophe Walker, 1852: 242 ). Type-species, Allograpta colombia Curran (orig. des.).