Habromyia lipoflava Fluke, 1937

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 : 42-43

Habromyia lipoflava Fluke, 1937

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Habromyia lipoflava Fluke, 1937: 13

Type locality and data. “Yura. Peru ” (HT, ♂, AMNH) .

Material examined. Arica y Parinacota: 1♂, Socoroma , 27.III.2018, Leg. R. Barahona-Segovia ( PCRBS); 2♂, 1♀, Murmutani, Leg. L.E. Peña ( MEUC); 1♀, Copaquilla, 12.I.1971, Leg. S. Cerda ( MNHNCL); 1♂, Codpa, 30.XI.1985, Leg. S. Cerda ( MNHNCL); (sex undetermined) Chapiquiña, 9.IV.2000, Leg. L. Packer ( CNC); 1♂, Timar, II.1954, Leg. Olalquiaga ( INIA); Cerro Larancahua, 12.II.1948. Leg. M. Etcheverry ( Etcheverry 1951); 1♂, 1♀, Esquiña, 27.I.1974, Leg. NN (UTA) ; Tarapacá: 1♂, Miñe-Miñe, no date, Leg. J . Herrera & M. Etcheverry ( IEUMCE); (sex undetermined) Camiña , 09.IX.1983, Leg. S. Cerda ( MNHNCL); 1♂, Parca, 15.VII.1966, Leg. J . Herrera ( IEUMCE); 1♀, Mamiña , 22.VII.1966, Leg. J . Herrera ( IEUMCE); Atacama: 1♂, Quebrada Vizcachas , 19.XI.1966, Leg. J . Herrera ( IEUMCE); Metropolitana: Farellones ( Arroyo et al. 1982) .

References. Fluke, 1937: 13 (desc.); Etcheverry, 1951: 355 (cat.); Etcheverry, 1952: 308 (cat.); Fluke, 1957: 126 (cat.); Etcheverry, 1963: 48 (cat.); Etcheverry, 1970: 96 (cat.); Thompson et al., 1976: 100 (cat.); Arroyo et al., 1982: 93 (pollinization study); Thompson, 2012b: 13 (key).

World distribution. Peru and Chile.

Chilean distribution. From Arica y Parinacota to Metropolitan region ( Fig. 55 ).

Altitudinal range. From precordillera to highland ecosystems (1000– 3,600 m.a.s.l.).

Biology and notes. Habromyia lipoflava is mainly associated with Andean flora ( Arroyo et al 1982), such as Cerastium arvense L., Oxalis compacta Gillies ex Hook. & Arn. , Calandrinia affinis Gillies ex Arn. , Discaria nana (Clos) Benth. & Hook. ex Weberb. , Azorella madreporica Clos and L. acaulis ( Arroyo et al., 1982). In northern Chile (i.e. Socoroma), H. lipoflava visits the ornamental species Chrysanthemum spp. (R. Barahona-Segovia, pers. obs.). This fly can be observed frequently at high altitudes (2,000 m.a.s.l.).

Conservation status. LC; EOO = 78,181 km 2; AOO = 60 km 2 and 14 localities (or subpopulations).

Genus Meromacrus Rondani, 1848

Plagiocera Macquart, 1842: 119 (preocc. Klug 1834). Type-species, Milesia cruciger Wiedemann (orig. des.) = acutus Fabricius. Preocc. by Klug, 1834 ( Hymenoptera ).

Meromacrus Rondani, 1848: 70 . Type-species, ghilianii Rondani (mon.). Refs. Thompson, 1972b: 144–145 (Milesinae rev. & desc.); Thompson, 1999a: 330 (key); Thompson, 1981: 155 (descript, key); Blatch et al., 2003: 13–36 (rev. of Mesoamerican Meromacrus spp.); Thompson, 2003: 6, 12 (key, syn. and taxonomic notes); Ricarte et al., 2020: 2 (desc. & preliminary phylogeny).

Plagiacera Stahl, 1883: 97. Misspelling.

Pteroptila Loew, 1866: 165 . Type-species, P. decorus Loew (subs. des. of Coquillett, 1910: 598).

Promilesia Lynch Arribálzaga, 1892: 241 . Type-species, P. nectarinoides Lynch Arribálzaga (mon.).

Metameromacrus Hull, 1942b: 1 . No Type-species, designated. Nomen nudum .

Thalamopales Hull, 1949b: 401 . Type-species, Helophilus scitus Walker (orig. des.).

Figures

FIGURE 50. Habromyia lipoflava Fluke, 1937, dorsal view. Photo by Patricia Henríquez. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURE 55. Distribution map of Habromyia lipoflava Fluke, 1937 (blue circles); Meromacrus laconicus (Walker, 1852) (red circles), and Ohmyia omya Thompson, 1999 (yellow circles) in Chile.