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.
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Riera, Pamela
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Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura
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Guzmán, Vicente Valdés
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Henríquez-Piskulich, Patricia
phenriquezpi@student.unimelb.edu.au
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Zootaxa
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Austroscaeva penai
(Marnef
in
Dušek & Láska, 1985
)
Fig. 174
Scaeva penai
(Marnef
in
Dušek & Láska, 1985: 222
)
Type
locality and data.
“
Chile
Chico
,
Chile
” (HT,
♀
,
USNM
)
.
Material examined.
Coquimbo
:
1♀
,
Hacienda Illapel
,
11.XI.1954
,
Leg. L. E. Peña
(
CFK
)
;
La
Araucanía
:
1♀
,
Lonquimay
, cord.
Las Raíces
,
Malleco
,
1500-1800 m
,
26-28.XII.1967
,
Leg. L. E. Peña
(
MEUC
)
;
Aysén
:
1♀
,
Chile
Chico
,
Aysén
,
31.XII.1960
,
Leg. L.E. Peña
,
Leg. Marnef
(
Dušek & Láska 1985
)
;
Magallanes
:
1♀
,
Parque Nacional Torres del Paine
,
Laguna Azul
, 1.3.198 6,
Leg. F. Soto
(
MNHNCL
)
.
References.
Kassebeer, 1999: 101
, fig. 2 (abdomen) (desc. & key);
Mengual
et al.
, 2018a: 161
(desc. & phylogeny).
World distribution.
Chile
.
Chilean distribution.
From
Coquimbo
to
Magallanes region
(
Fig. 175
).
Altitudinal range.
From inland valleys to precordillera ecosystems (300–
1,800 m
.a.s.l.).
Biology and notes.
This flower fly species has been recently observed visiting flowers of
M. domestica
orchards (Joaquín Sepúlveda pers. obs.). Other basic aspects of its biology and ecology remain unknown.
Conservation status.
EN under B2ab (iii) using AOO =
16 km
2
and four localities (or subpopulations); EOO =
99,384 km
2.
Genus
Dioprosopa
Hull, 1949
Dioprosopa
Hull, 1949a: 99
; as subg. of
Baccha
Fabricius, 1805: 199
. Type-species:
Syrphus clavatus
Fabricius, 1794: 298
; by monotype. Refs.
Kassebeer, 2000
(desc. new species & rev.);
Mengual
et al.
, 2018b
(phylogenetic study & rev.).