Updating the knowledge of the flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Chile: Illustrated catalog, extinction risk and biological notes
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Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M.
Author
Riera, Pamela
pamela.riera1@gmail.com
Author
Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura
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Guzmán, Vicente Valdés
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Author
Henríquez-Piskulich, Patricia
phenriquezpi@student.unimelb.edu.au
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Zootaxa
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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.