Rhagionidae

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 : 16

Rhagionidae ( Fig. 24 )

The Rhagionidae comprises more than 700 species, grouped into four subfamilies and 16 extant genera ( Kerr 2010). For Chile, 18 species are cited in three genera, Atherimorpha White , Chrysopilus Macquart , and Litoleptis Chillcott. One species described in the genus “ Leptis Fabricius ” was kept as incertae sedis (González et al. 2020).

Figures

FIGURES 20–25. Xylophagomorpha and Tabanomorpha of Chile: (20) Heterostomus curvipalpis Bigot (Xylophagidae, photo by Asiel Olivares); (21) Dasyomma caeruleum Macquart (Atherecidae, photo by Matías Gargiulo); (22) Austroleptis penai Nagatomi & Nagatomi (Austroleptidae, photo by Dalton de Souza Amorim); (23) Coenura biguttatus (Philippi) (Pelecorhynchidae, photo by Ricardo Varela); (24) Atherinomorpha sp. (Rhagionidae, photo by Daniel Llavaneras); (25) Osca lata (Guerin-Méneville), larvae (Tabanidae, photo by Christian R. González).