Muscidae

Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Madriz, Isaí, González, Christian R. & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2024, An update on the knowledge and general understanding of the Chilean Diptera diversity, Zootaxa 5518 (1), pp. 1-87 : 45

Muscidae ( Figs. 114–115 )

The Muscidae comprises about 6,000 species worldwide, grouped into seven subfamilies and 180 extant genera ( Grzywacs et al. 2021). A series of changes have recently been proposed for the suprageneric classification of the family based on molecular studies ( Grzywacs et al. 2021). Several authors have recently contributed to the knowledge of families in Chile, particularly for the genera Psilochaeta Stein and Dalcyella Carvalho ( Carvalho 1989) Apsil Malloch ( Couri 2002, 2003); Notoschoenomyza Malloch ( Couri & Marques 2004) , Palpibracus Rondani ( Couri & Penny 2006) , Brachygasterina Macquart ( Couri et al. 2007) , Coenosia Meigen ( Couri & Salas 2010; Patitucci et al. 2020, 2021), and Helina Robineau-Desvoidy ( Patitucci et al. 2016) . For Chile, 144 species grouped into 34 genera are listed by Carvalho et al. (2005).

Figures

FIGURES 111–116. Hippoboscoidea and Muscoidea of Chile: (111) Hippoboscidae (photo by Adrián Trigos); (112) Anthomyia punctipennis Wiedemann (Anthomyiidae, photo by Liliana de Marchi); (113) Fannia sp. (Fanniidae, photo by Felipe Karelovic); (114) cf. Coenosia attenuata Stein (Muscidae, photo by Camila Sanfuentes); (115) Palpibrachus sp. (Muscidae, photo by Ricardo Varela), and (116) Scathophaga tropicalis Malloch (Scathophagidae, photo by Natalia Gutiérrez).