Tipulidae

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 : 7

Tipulidae sensu lato ( Figs. 1–3 )

The family comprises more than 15,246 species in four subfamilies and 212 genera worldwide ( Oosterbroek 2023). Much of the knowledge on the Tipulidae of Chile is due to Charles P. Alexander who published several works on Chilean species (e.g., 1928, 1945, 1968). For Cylindrotominae, Ribeiro (2009) redescribed the only species cited for the country, Stibadocerina chilensis Alexander , while that for Pediciinae is described one genus: Tryciphona with eight species. For Limoniinae , some works have been conducted by Santos & Ribeiro (2018) and Santos et al. (2019), and currently 400 species into 36 genera are known for the family in Chile ( Oosterbroek 2023). For the Tipulinae, Ribeiro (2007) and de Jong (1989) contributed to the knowledge of the subfamily. 98 species in six genera have been cited for Chile (two of them are monotypic): Elnoretta Alexander , Euvaldiviana (Alexander) , Ischnotoma Skuse , Leptotarsus Guérin-Méneville , Tipula Linnaeus and Valdiviana Alexander ( Oosterbroek 2023) .

Figures

FIGURES 1–7. Tipulomorpha and Psychodomorpha of Chile: (1) Sigmatodera maiae (Alexander) (Limoniidae, photo by Ignacio Torres); (2) cf. Geranomyia valida (Loew) (Limoniidae, Photo by Claudio Arancibia); (3) Ischnotoma (Ischnotoma) decorata (Philippi) (Tipulidae; Photo by Matías Cortés); (4) Nothotrichocera cf. chiloe Krzeminska & Young (Trichoceridae; Photo by Ricardo Varela); (5) larvae of Edwardsina sp. (Blephariceridae, photo by R. I. Madriz); (6) Clogmia albipunctata (Williston) (photo by Ani Mari), and (7) Tanyderus pictus Philippi (Tanyderidae, photo by Vicente Valdés).