Anisopodidae

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 : 12

Anisopodidae ( Fig. 14 )

The family comprises more than 120 extant species, grouped into two subfamilies and six genera ( Hancock 2017). Some studies support the current phylogenetic position of the family as the sister taxon of the remaining Bibionomorpha (e.g., Amorim & Tozoni 1994). For Chile, five species are known in three genera: Lobogaster Philippi , Sylvicola Harris ( Anisopodinae ), and Mycetobia Meigen ( Mycetobiinae ) ( González et al. 2019a). Sylvicola and Mycetobia are widely distributed worldwide; however, Lobogaster is known only from Chile, whereas its sister genus, Carreraia Corrêa , is restricted to southern Brazil ( Amorim & Tozoni 1994).

Figures

FIGURES 14–19. Bibionomorpha of Chile: (14) Lobogaster paradoxus Philippi, 1865 (Anisopodidae, photo by Cristóbal Ponce); (15) Dilophus sp. (Bibionidae; photo by Patrick Vyvyan); (16) Cecidomyiidae (photo by Vicente Valdés); (17) Keroplatidae (photo by Diego Gutiérrez); (18) Mycetophila lacuna Freeman (Mycetophilidae, photo by Anthony Campos); (19) cf. Coboldia sp. (Scaptopsidae, photo by Claudio Maureira).