Carvalhoa Koçak & Kemal, 2013 : 4

González, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario & Ramirez, Francisco, 2018, A catalog of Acroceridae (Diptera) from Chile, Zootaxa 4374 (3), pp. 427-440 : 437

Genus Carvalhoa Koçak & Kemal, 2013: 4 .

Replacement name for Sphaerops Philippi, 1865: 646 , not Sphaerops Gray, 1845: 183 (Reptilia) . Type species: Sphaerops appendiculatus Philippi, 1865 .

= Sphaerops Philippi, 1865: 646 (not Gray, 1845). Type species: Sphaerops appendiculatus Philippi, 1865 ; by monotypy. Refs.: Edwards, 1930: 188 (in key); Winterton et al., 2007: 822 (phylogeny); Winterton & Gillung, 2012: 4 (in key); Schlinger et al., 2013: 62 (in key), 64 (diagnosis, key to species).

appendiculata ( Philippi, 1865)

Sphaerops appendiculata Philippi, 1865: 646 –647, pl. XXV fig. 27. Holotype: Santiago (no type specimen deposited in MNNC) . Dist.: Coquimbo (Choapa: Illapel; Limarí: Ovalle at río Limarí ) ; Valparaíso (Quillota: La Campana National Park – Palma(s) de Ocoa); Metropolitana (Cordillera: El Canelo, La Obra; Santiago: 3 km N El Arrayán—reared from Sequestriidae (mispelling), Ñuñoa, Parque Puente Ñilhue, Providencia, Santiago) ; Biobío (Ñuble: Cobquecura, Las Trancas, Piedras Comadres).

Refs.: Reed, 1888: 289 (cat.); Hunter, 1901: 151 (cat.); Kertész, 1909: 21 (cat.); Stuardo, 1946: 103 (cat.); Winterton et al., 2007: 813 (dist., DNA), 821 (phylogeny), 823 (phylogeny), 828 ( Segestriidae host); Winterton & Gillung, 2012: 5 (wing figure); Schlinger et al., 2013: 64 (in key), 67 (redescr.), 68 (fig. 3), 69 (figs. 4–5); Koçak & Kemal, 2013: 4 (as Carvalhoa ).

micella ( Schlinger, 2013)

Sphaerops micella Schlinger, 2013: 65 –67. Holotype: male, 125 km SE Copiapó; Fundo La Semilla ( CAS). Dist: Atacama ( Copiapó : 125 km SE Copiapó—Fundo La Semilla, 119 km SE Copiapó— 2 km Puente La Semilla ) ; Coquimbo (Limarí: Fray Jorge National Park—Quebrada Honda, El Mineral) ; Valparaíso (Quillota: Parque Nacional La Campana, Palmas de Ocoa ).

Refs.: Koçak & Kemal, 2013: 4 (as Carvalhoa ).