Palpada vinetorum ( Fabricius, 1799 )

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 : 52

Palpada vinetorum ( Fabricius, 1799)

Fig. 64

Musca surinamensis De Geer, 1776: 145

Syrphus vinetorum Fabricius, 1799: 48

Eristalis trifasciata Say, 1830: 165

Eristalis uvarum Walker, 1849: 623

Eristalis soulouguensis Bigot, 1880: 288 *

Doliosyrphus hirtipes Bigot, 1883: 121

Eristalis trilimbata Giglio Tos, 1892b: 5 *

Type locality and data. Virgin Islands: Saint Croix (NT, ♂, USNM)

Material examined. Arica and Parinacota: 1♂, Cica, Azapa Valley , IV.1969, Leg. G. Díaz P. (UTA); 2♂, 2♀, same locality, 11.II.1969, Leg. J. Acuña (UTA); 1♀, same locality, 31.I.1969, Leg. Mendoza (UTA) ; 1♂, 1♀, same locality, 3.III.1972, Leg. A. Sagüez (UTA) .

References. Fabricius, 1799: 48 (desc.); Kertész, 1910: 243 (cat.); Shannon & Aubertin, 1933: 160 (cat.); Thompson, 1972b: 143 ( Milesiinae rev.); Thompson et al., 1976: 110 (cat.); Lagrange, 1992: 153 (key & desc.); Montoya, 2016: 500 (cat.); Reemer, 2016: 131, figs 117–118 (dorsal habitus, male and female) (key).

World distribution. U.S. A, Argentina and Chile.

Chilean distribution. Only recorded fom Arica y Parinacota region ( Fig. 65 ).

Altitudinal range. This species inhabits transverse valleys between 100 and 500 m. a.s.l.

Biology and notes. Palpada vinetorum is here reported from Chile for the first time. This species inhabits the Azapa valley and surrounding areas probably associated with crops. It could pontentially be present in Peru. All biological and ecological aspects of this species are unknown.

Conservation status. DD; AOO = 2 km 2 and one locality (or subpopulation).

Figures

FIGURE 65. Distribution map of Palpada chilena (Rondani, 1863) (blue circles); Palpada elegans (Blanchard, 1852) (red circles); Palpada meigenii (Wiedemann, 1830) (black circles); Palpada nigripes (Wiedemann, 1830) (pink circles); Palpada rufiventris (Macquart, 1846) (green circles), and Palpada vinetorum (Fabricius, 1799) (yellow circles) in Chile.

FIGURES 62–64. (62) Palpada rufiventris (Macquart, 1846), dorsal view. (63) Palpada nigripes (Wiedemann, 1830), dorsal view. (64) Palpada vinetorum (Fabricius, 1799), dorsal view. Scale bars = 1 mm. Photos by Patricia Henríquez.