Ohmyia omya Thompson, 1999

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 : 34

Ohmyia omya Thompson, 1999

Figs 40–41

Ohmyia omya Thompson, 1999a: 342

Type locality and data. “ Lamayeque , 5 miles south of Chiclayo 20m, Peru ” (HT, ♂, CAS) .

Material examined. Arica and Parinacota: 1♀, Arica, 5.XI.1902, W. Schnuse ( SMT; Thompson 1999a) .

References. Thompson, 1999a: 342 (desc.).

World distribution. Peru and Chile.

Chilean distribution. Only known from Arica y Parinacota region ( Fig. 55 ).

Altitudinal range. This species could inhabit transverse valleys between 5 and 500 m. a.s.l.

Biology and notes. The particular name of this native flower fly species is a female arbitrary combination which in colloquial English means “ Oh my ” ( Thompson 1999a). All basic aspects of its biology and ecology remain unknown.

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

Genus Eristalinus Rondani, 1845

Eristalinus Rondani, 1845: 453 . Type-species, Musca sepulchralis Linnaeus (Subs. mon, Rondani 1857: 38). Refs. Thompson, 1999a: 329 (key); 340 (notes on taxa); Thompson, 2003: 3, 10 (key, syn. and taxonomic notes).

Lathyrophthalmus Mik, 1897: 114 . Type-species, Conops aeneus Scopoli (orig. des.).

Lathyrophthalmus , subg. of Metalloeristalis Kanervo, 1938: 43 . Type-species, Conops aeneus Scopoli (orig. des.).

Oreristalis Séguy, 1851: 16 . Nomen nudum .

Subgenus Eristalinus Rondani, 1845

Figures

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.

FIGURES 40–43. Ohmyia omya Thompson, 1999: (40) female, dorsal view, and (41) female, lateral view (photo by Ximo Mengual; licence = CC-BY-NC-SA). Scale is not available. Eristalinus taeniops Wiedemann, 1818: (42) female and (43) male visiting Veronica sp., Santiago. Photos by Pablo Moreno.