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 Victoriana melanorrhina ( Philippi, 1865 ) Figs 206–207 Baccha melanorrhina Philippi, 1865: 749 Baccha felix Shannon, 1927: 30 Type locality and data. Valdivia , Chile ” (T, A, MNHNCL ) . Material examined. Coquimbo : 1♂ , 2♀ , Elqui , 11.II.1949 , Leg. Cerda ( MEUC ) ; 1♂ , 1♀ , El Naranjo , Tilama , no data, Leg. NN ( MEUC ) ; Fundo Agua Amarilla , km 7 north Los Vilos , 8.I.2004 , Leg. M.E. Irwin ( Liter. ) ; Valparaíso : 1♂ , Catapilco , 27.XII.1977 , Leg. NN ( MNHNCL ) ; 3♂ , 2♀ , Bosque relicto, Quintero , 13.I.1967 , Leg. Vivar ( MNHNCL ) ; 1♀ , Quebrada Vergara , 28.IX.1964 , Leg. Hichins ( MNHNCL ) ; 1♂ , Quebrada del Soldado , La Calera , 24.XI.1960 , Leg. L. Campos ( MEUC ) ; 1♀ , Las Palmas , Mantagua , 16.III.1967 , Leg. Solervicens ( MNHNCL ) ; 1♂ , Limache , no date, Leg. NN ( MEUC ) ; Quilpué ( Porter 1921 ); Metropolitana : 1♂ , Lampa , 20.I.1964 , Leg. Zapata ( IEUMCE ) ; 2♂ , Quebrada de la Plata , Maipú , 17.IV.1967 , Leg. N. Hichins ( MEUC ) ; 1♂ , 1♀ , El Arrayan, no date, Leg. J. Herrera ( IEUMCE ); 1♂ , Macul , no date, Leg. J . Herrera ( IEUMCE ) ; 2♂ , 1♀ , La Obra , 16.XII.2015 , Leg. Rodrigo Barahona-Segovia ( PCRBS ; MEUC ) ; 2♂ , El Canelo , no date, Leg. Montero ( IEUMCE ) ; 1♂ , El Volcán , 10.I.1964 , Leg. Pino ( IEUMCE ) ; Maule : 2♂ , Fundo Malcho , XII.1957 , Leg. Pino ( IEUMCE ) ; Ñuble : 1♂ , Las Trancas , 15.IV.1966 , Leg. NN ( MEUC ) ; La Araucanía : 1♂ , Parque Nacional Nahuelbuta , 15.I.1978 , Leg. NN ( MNHNCL ) ; Los Lagos : 3♂ , 2♀ , Pucatrihue , 4–21.II.1967 , Leg. L.E. Peña ( MEUC ) ; 1♂ , Frutillar , 1.II.1966 , Leg. J. Silva ( MNHNCL ) ( Fig. 17 ) ; 1♂ , Lago Chapo , 16.II.1962 , Leg. M. Elgueta ( MNHNCL ) . References. Philippi, 1865: 749 (desc.); Williston, 1886: 314 (cat.); Reed, 1888: 299 (cat.); Kertész, 1910: 162 (cat.); Porter, 1921: 447 (cat., dist. & notes); Shannon & Aubertin, 1933: 135 , 136 (desc. & key); Stuardo, 1946: 124 (cat.); Hull, 1949c: 107 (desc.); Fluke, 1956: 253 (cat.); Etcheverry, 1963: 20 (cat.); Thompson et al. , 1976: 22 (cat.); Camousseight, 2005: 94 (cat.); Mengual et al. , 2012: 550 (phylogey); Mengual et al. , 2012: 194 (phylogeny); Miranda et al. , 2016: 166 (phylogeny); Mengual et al., 2018b: 12 (key & desc.). World distribution. Chile . Chilean distribution. From Coquimbo to Los Lagos region ( Fig. 200 ). Altitudinal range. From coastal to precordillera ecosystems ( 0–1,600 m .a.s.l.). Biology and notes. Porter (1921) recorded that collected specimens by professor Stuardo visited flowers of Aristolochia chilensis . This flower fly species has also been observed visiting M. planipes (Rodrigo Barahona- Segovia, pers. obs.). Conservation status. LC; EOO = 152,855 km 2 , AOO = 92 km 2 , 20 subpopulations and 21 localities.