A catalog of Nemestrinidae (Diptera: Brachycera: Nemestrinoidea) from Chile 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 Author Elgueta, Mario Área de Entomología, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago, Chile: Author Carvacho, Camila 0009-0006-1941-8855 Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, Sub-departamento Laboratorios y Estación Cuarentenaria Agrícola, Santiago, Chile. camila. carvacho @ sag. gob. cl https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0006 - 1941 - 8855 Author Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura Moscas Florícolas de Chile Citizen Science Program, Patricio Lynch 940, Valdivia, Chile. Author Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M. 0000-0002-1509-2935 Moscas Florícolas de Chile Citizen Science Program, Patricio Lynch 940, Valdivia, Chile. & Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Biodiversidad, Universidad de Los Lagos, Av. Fuschlöcher 1305, Osorno, Chile. rbarahona 13 @ gmail. com https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1509 - 2935 text Zootaxa 2023 2023-10-26 5360 2 151 193 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5360.2.1/52112 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5360.2.1 1175-5326 10150116 32DA84C3-AEC5-400A-8280-451919E87A50 Trichophthalma ( Eurygastromyia ) amaena Bigot, 1881: 20 . ( Figs. 43–44 ) Eurygastromyia niveicincta Lichtwardt, 1910: 610 . Type-locality: Argentina , Chubut , Valle del Lago Blanco. Trichophthalma amoena of authors misspelling. FIGURES 43–44. Trichophthalma amaena Bigot, 1881 : (43) dorsal view (photos by Pame Villarroel) and (44) lateral view, resting (Photo by Daniel Cross). Holotype . Lost , “ Chile . Neotype . Male ( MCCC ), Chile , Llanquihue , Casa Pangue . Distribution. Argentina . ( Neuquén , Río Negro, Chubut ). Chile . Región del Biobío : Concepción Province (Hualpén). Región de Los Lagos : Llanquihue Province (Casa Pangue). Región de Magallanes : Magallanes Province (Estero Guayrabo, Ojo Bueno, Punta Arenas, Parcelas, NP Torres del Paine) ( Fig. 53 ). Uruguay . References. Lichtward, 1910: 608, 609 (as syn. of T. landbecki , as amaena ,); Edwards, 1930: 181 (in key), 182 (com., as amoena , misspelling); Bequaert, 1932: 29 (com.); Stuardo, 1934b: 243–245 (biol., dist., as T. amaena ); Stuardo, 1939: 78 (as amaena ); Stuardo, 1946: 97 (cat., [ Trichophthalma ( Trichophthalma ) ], as amaena ); Papavero, 1968: 2 (cat., as amoena ); Angulo, 1971: 44 (in key), 100–102 (redes., figs. 79 (sper.), 80 (male ter.), 87 (aede.), 143 (dist.) ( Trichopthalma , as amaena ); Bernardi, 1973: 250 (list, as amoena ); Cekalovic & Artigas , 1974: 242 (cat., as amaena ); Angulo, 1976: 197 (com., dist.); Bernardi, 1976: 197 (dist., as amoena ); Angulo, 1987: 9 (list, as amoena ); Aizen et al. , 2002: 83 (list), 84 (com., as amoena ); Vázquez & Simberloff, 2002: 621 (list, as amoena ); Vázquez & Simberloff, 2003: 1081 (list); Devoto & Medan, 2006: 32 (ecol., biol.), 33–34 (list), 36–37 (com., as amoena ); Medan & Devoto, 2008: 156 , 157 (fig. adult), 158 (com.), 159 (in key, as amoena ); Papavero & Bernardi, 2009a: 8 (cat.); Kosmann et al ., 2014: 411 (wing, in key), 415 (list, as amoena ). Biology . The species have been recorded by citizen scientists to feed on flowers of Embothrium coccineum J. R. Forst & G. Forst and Spartium junceum Linneus.Additionally , according to Vasquéz & Simberloff (2003). T. amaena visits the flowers of Berberis microphylla G. Forst (mentioned as B. buxifolia ), Berberis darwinii Hook , Ribes magellanicum Poiret , and Schinus montanus Raddi (mentioned as S. patagonicus ). Moreover, Devoto & Medan (2006) described that T. amaena visiting the flowers of Azara lanceolata Hooker and Gaultheria phillyreaefolia (Pers.) Sleumer.