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
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-04-15
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Toxomerus incaicus
Sack, 1941
Figs 212–213
Toxomerus incaicus
Sack, 1941: 101
Type
locality and data.
“
Querobamba
,
Peru
” (LT,
♂
,
SMT
)
.
Material examined.
Arica y Parinacota
:
1♂
,
Cica
,
12.VI.1968
,
Leg. N. Hichins
(
UTA
);
1♂
, Lluta CAMPEX,
IX.1967
,
Leg. A. Aguilera
(
UTA
);
1♂
, Cuya, Camarones,
25.II.1976
,
Leg. N. Hichins
(
UTA
);
1♀
,
Chica
,
Picha
,
Lluta
,
12.XI.1969
,
Leg. N. Hichins
(
UTA
)
;
Biobío
:
1♂
,
Lajuna del Laja
,
13-16.II.1957
,
Leg. L. Peña
(
CNC
)
.
References.
Sack, 1941: 101
, fig. 3 (abdomen, male) (desc.); Mengual, 2011: 146 (desc. & key);
Marín-Armijos
et al.
, 2017: 180
(cat.).
World distribution.
Peru
,
Bolivia
and
Chile
.
Chilean distribution.
Recorded in altiplanic towns in
Arica y Parinacota
and from
Biobío regions
(
Fig. 220
).
Altitudinal range.
From inland valleys to precordillera ecosystems (
200–1000 m
.a.s.l.).
Biology and notes.
Toxomerus incaicus
is here reported from
Chile
for the first time and is associated with highlands ecosystems. All basic aspects of its biology and ecology remain unknown.
Conservation status.
EN under B1ab (iii) + 2ab (iii) using EOO =
4,134 km
2
, AOO =
12 km
2
and 5 localities (or subpopulations).