Neriidae, Westwood, 1840

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 : 33

Neriidae ( Fig. 75 )

The Neriidae comprises 112 species, grouped into two subfamilies and 12 genera ( Carvalho-Filho 2021). Christian R. González (unpublished data) identified one specimen in poor condition of Neriidae from Rapa Nui (Eastern Island). There is an additional recent record of Telostylinus lineolatus (Wiedemann) from Easter Island by iNaturalist. This is a widespread species, especially in Southeast Asia and Australasia. Here, we recognize Neriidae for the first time for Chile.

Figures

FIGURES 74–79. Neridoidea and Tephritoidea of Chile: (74) Cryogonus formicarius (Rondani) (Micropezidae, photo by Vicente Valdés); (75) Telostylinus lineolatus (Wiedemann) (Neriidae, photo by Hugo García); (76) Zodion sp. and (77) Myopa metallica Camras (Conopidae, both photos by Gabriela Germain); (78) Physocephala segethi (Conopidae, photo by Andrés Ramírez) and (79) Lonchaea cf. patagonica Malloch (Lonchaeidae, photo by Juan Mauricio Contreras).