Heleomyzidae

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 : 39

Heleomyzidae ( Figs. 98–104 )

The Heleomyzidae is one of the most distinctive and complex schizophoran families in Chile. The family comprises 540 described species grouped into 76 extant genera ( Pape et al. 2011). Some authors have published Chilean species of heleomyzids ( Aldrich 1926; Malloch 1933; McAlpine 1985). Some families with species described from Chile are now included with the Heleomyzidae as Notomyzidae ( Notomyza Malloch , with N. abrupta Malloch , N. edwardsi Malloch , and N. micropyga Malloch ), Trixoscelidae (with Spilochroa guttata Macquart ), and Cnemosphatidae (with nine species of Prosopanthrum Enderlein). No taxonomic studies on Chilean species of Heleomyzidae have been published recently.

Figures

FIGURES 98–104. Sphaeroceroidea of Chile, Heleomyzidae: (98) cf. Tephrochlamys and (99) Blaesochaetophora polita (Malloch) (both photos by Matías Gargiulo); (100) Blasesochaetophora cf. picticornis (Bigot) (photo by Dalton de Souza Amorim); (101) Trixoscelis chilensis (Schiner) (Photo by Gabriela Germain); (102) Mayomyia diversipennis Malloch (photo by Dalton de Souza Amorim); (103–104) Cephodapedon cf. fulvicornis Malloch and a couple mating (Photo by Paulo Lago).