Hirmoneuropsis brevirostrata ( Bigot, 1857 )

González, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario, Carvacho, Camila, Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura & Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., 2023, A catalog of Nemestrinidae (Diptera: Brachycera: Nemestrinoidea) from Chile, Zootaxa 5360 (2), pp. 151-193 : 156-157

Hirmoneuropsis brevirostrata ( Bigot, 1857)

( Figs. 6–7 )

Hirmoneura brevirostrata Bigot, 1857: 280–281 , pl. 6, figs. 1a-e

Hirmoneura bigoti Schiner, 1868: 108 (unjustified change of name for brevirostris Bigot, 1857 ). Refs. Reed, 1888: 289 (cat., Hirmoneura ); Hunter, 1901: 149 (cat., Hermoneura );

Hirmoneura brevirostris Macquart of Hunter, 1901: 149, misident.

Syntypes. Male and female (probably in OUMNH, and two specimens in NHMUK, following Stuardo (1932: 70), and Pont (1995: 2)), “ Chile ”.

Distribution. Chile. Región de Valparaíso: Marga Marga Province (NP La Campana, Quebrada Alvarado), Valparaíso Province (Valparaíso). Región Metropolitana de Santiago: Chacabuco Province (Caleu), Cordillera Province (El Canelo, NP El Morado, El Principal, NP Río Clarillo, San Alfonso), Melipilla Province (Lisboa n. Alhué), Santiago Province (Apoquindo, Cuesta El Melón, Lo Aguirre, Peñalolén, Santiago). Región de O’Higgins: Cachapoal Province (Pangal, Termas de Cauquenes), Colchagua Province (Nancagua, San Fernando, Yaquil). Región del Maule: Curicó Province (Los Queñes). Región de Ñuble: Diguillín Province (Las Trancas), Itata Province (Cobquecura) ( Fig. 10 ).

References. Philippi, 1865: 655 (com., Hermoneura ); Hunter, 1901: 149 (cat., Hermoneura bigoti ); Kertész, 1909: 25 (cat., Hermoneura ); Lichtwardt, 1910: 601 ( Hirmoneura ); Claude-Joseph, 1928: 126 (biol.); Bequaert, 1932: 18 ( Hirmoneura ( Hirmoneuropsis )); Stuardo, 1932: 68–71 (com., biol., pl. 3, fig. 3 Hirmoneura ); Papavero, 1968: 2 (cat.); Angulo, 1971: 41 (in key), 63–66 (redes., figs. 38 (sper.), 40 (male ter.), 43 (aede.), 141 (dist.) ( Hirmoneura ); Bernardi, 1973: 244 (list, Hirmoneura ); Bernardi, 1977: 241 (n. comb.); Angulo, 1987: 9 (list, Hyrmophlaeba ); Papavero & Bernardi, 2009a: 4 (cat.).

Figures

FIGURE 10. Distribution map of Hirmoneuropsis brevirostrata (Bigot, 1857) (green circles), H. luctuosa (Philippi, 1865) (red circles), and H. orellanai (Stuardo, 1936) (orange circles).

FIGURES 6–9. Hirmoneuropsis brevirostrata (Bigot, 1857): (6) dorsal view (photo by Pablo Núñez) and (7) male and female copulating (photo by Javier Gross); Hirmoneuropsis luctuosa (Philippi, 1865): (8) preyed by Araiopogon gayi (photo by Tomás Poch); Hirmoneuropsis orellanae (Stuardo, 1936): (9) dorsal view (photo by Patrick Vyvyan).