Pipunculidae

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 : 29-30

Pipunculidae ( Fig. 73 )

The pipunculids comprise over 1,400 species, grouped into four subfamilies and 21 genera ( de Meyer & Skevington 2000), with a well-supported molecular phylogeny by Motamedinia et al. (2021). This family in Chile has been studied by Rafael & Ale-Rocha (1997), and Skevington et al. (2021), who added a second species from southern Chile to the genus Protonephrocerus : P. flavipilus Skevington, Marques & Rafael. P. flavipilus is fairly abundant in the higher latitudes of the southern temperate rainforests. The genus Protonephrocerus , a member of the subfamily Protonephocerinae , is endemic to southern South America. The Protonephocerinae is considered sister to Pipunculinae ( Skevington & Yeates 2000; Kehlmaier et al. 2014). In the family, 21 species of six genera are known for Chile ( Rafael et al. 2023).

Division Schizophora (Acalyptratae).

Acalyptratae, one of the most species-rich clades grouped in ~30,000 described species divided among ~70 families ( Wiegmann & Yeates 2017; Bayless et al. 2021). Currently, this clade in Chile is composed of 33 families, 173 genera and includes 548 valid species in Chile ( Table 4). Nine families are newly recognized for Chile since the publication of CDASUS, whereas Otitidae , Tethinidae , Trixoscelididae , Notomyzidae, and Cnemosphatidae were downgraded from the family rank. Since CDASUS, the numbers of genera and species increased by 63.20% (n = 67) and 53.50% (n = 191).

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Figures

FIGURES68–73.SyrphoideaandPipunculidaeofChile:(68)Allograptahortensis(Philippi)and(69)Austroscaevamelanostoma (Macquart) (Syrphidae, Syrphinae, both photos by Gabriela Germain); (70) Microdon violaceus (Syrphidae, Microdontinae, photo by Vicente Valdés); (71) Stilbosoma rubiceps Philippi (Syrphidae, photo by Josefina Arce); (72) Valdiviomyia ruficauda (Syrphidae, photo by Patricia Medina), and (73) Eudorylas posticus (Collin) (Pipunculidae, photo by Vicente Valdés).