Mimocalla erebus ( Hull, 1943c )

Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Riera, Pamela, Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura, Guzmán, Vicente Valdés & Henríquez-Piskulich, Patricia, 2021, Updating the knowledge of the flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Chile: Illustrated catalog, extinction risk and biological notes, Zootaxa 4959 (1), pp. 1-178 : 139

Mimocalla erebus ( Hull, 1943c)

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Baccha (Mimocalla) erebus Hull, 1943c: 137

Type locality and data. “ Brazil, Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia ” (H, T, AMNH) .

Material examined. Antofagasta: 1♀, Mejillones, 1.VII.1970, Leg. Cerda ( MNHNCL); La Araucanía: 1♀, Termas de Palguin , 22.II.1964, Leg. M. Etcheverry ( IEUMCE) .

References. Hull, 1943c: 137 (desc.); Fluke, 1956: 245 (cat.); Etcheverry, 1963: 17 (cat.); Thompson et al., 1976: 17 (cat.); Marinoni et al., 2004: 556 (ecological study); Mengual et al., 2018b: 9 (desc. group).

World distribution. Brazil and Chile.

Chilean distribution. The species only has been recorded in Antofagasta and La Araucanía region ( Fig. 200 ).

Altitudinal range. From coastal to inland valley ecosystems (0– 450 m.a.s.l.).

Biology and notes. Mimocalla erebus represent a rare species present in Chile. All of its biology and ecology aspects remain unknown in Chile.

Conservation status. EN under B2ab (iii) using AOO = 4 km 2 and 2 localities (or subpopulations).

Genus Nuntianus Miranda, 2020 in Miranda et al., 2020

N. comb . Baccha lepida Macquart, 1842 ; Baccha lepidus species group in part, Hull (1949c); Ocyptamus lepidus species group. Thompson (1981); Miranda et al. (2016); Mengual et al. (2018b).

Figures

FIGURE 200. Distribution map of Mimocalla, Nuntianus and Victoriana in Chile: M. erebus (Hull, 1942) (blue circles); N. confusus (Goot, 1964) (red circles); V. melanorrhina (Philippi, 1865) (Black circles); V. lugubris (Philippi, 1865) (green circles);

FIGURES 193–196. (193) Fragosa filiola (Shannon, 1927) (photo by Gabriela Germain). Mimocalla erebus (Hull, 1942): (194) lateral view. Scale bar = 2 mm (photo by Rodrigo Barahona-Segovia). Nuntianus confusus (Goot, 1964): (195) female, visiting Oxalis virgosa Molina (photo by Raúl Dinam) and (196) male resting in a flower, Pucón (photo by Miguel Mellado.