Micropezidae

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 : 32

Micropezidae ( Fig. 74 )

The Micropezidae comprises 500 extant species, grouped into six subfamilies and 54 genera ( McAlpine 1998; Marshall 2021). The genus Cryogonus Cresson is known from only three species in southern South America, and C. formicarius (Rondani) is the only species known from 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).