Acrocera Meigen, 1803: 266

Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Guzmán, Vicente Valdés, Barceló, Matías & Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura, 2020, A new spider fly (Diptera: Acroceridae: Ogcodinae: Ogcodes Latreille) from Chiloé Island’s evergreen forest and new distributional records for other spider flies in Chile, Zootaxa 4779 (1), pp. 51-64 : 57-59

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Acrocera Meigen, 1803: 266
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Genus Acrocera Meigen, 1803: 266 View in CoL View at ENA

Acrocera honorati Brèthes, 1925: 207 View in CoL , Figs. 11–12 View FIGURES 11–12

Type locality: Tomé , Chile ( holotype adult, sex not specified); deposited in MACN (Pape and Thompson 2010), but presumably lost ( González et al. 2018) .

Distribution. Antofagasta: **Chiu Chiu, 2566m, 22º18’S, 68º38’W, 24.vii.1997, Leg. Arias et al. (MNHN- CL); Coquimbo: km 272 Panamericana Norte, Choapa ( González et al. 2018); Metropolitana: **El Arrayán, 10.i.2014, Leg. Rodrigo Barahona (RBSPC); Peñalolen, 16.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); El Canelo (Stuardo 1980); El Alfalfal, 23.xi.1967, Leg. NN (MNHNCL); San Bernardo, 16.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); Calera de Tango, 19.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); Maria Pinto, 14.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHN- CL); Bollenar, 14.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); Peñaflor, 14.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); El Monte, 14.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); Padre Hurtado, 14.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); El Carmen Alto, Melipilla, 14.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); Colonias Alemanas, Talagante, 14.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); Laguna Aculeo, 16.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); Maule: Talca, 23.x.1994, Leg. T. Witterheim (MNHNCL); Biobío: Tomé, Concepción ( Brèthes 1925); Araucanía: **Parcela Flor del Lago, 39º12.367’S, 72º67.8’ W, 1.xi.2003, Leg. Arias et al. (MNHNCL); Los Ríos: **Pichoy, 19.i.1992, Leg. E. Krahmer (UACH); **Santo Domingo, 5.ii.1997, Leg. E. Krahmer (UACH) ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 ).

Remarks: we extend the known species distribution to 1,058 km northeast from Huentelauquen in the Coquimbo region to Chiu Chiu in the Antofagasta region, and 356 km south from Tomé, Biobío region ( type locality) to Santo Domingo, Valdivia in the Los Ríos region. Spider host unknown.

Brethes, J. (1925) Coleopteres et dipteres Chiliens. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 29, 198 - 208.

Gonzalez, C. R., Elgueta, M. & Ramirez, F. (2018) A catalog of Acroceridae (Diptera) from Chile. Zootaxa, 4374 (3), 427 - 440. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4374.3.6

Schlinger, E. I. (1953) A new Chilean species of Ogcodes Latreille (Diptera: Acroceridae). Wasmann Journal of Biology, 11, 319 - 321.

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FIGURE 13. Distributional map of Acrocera honorati (Meigen, 1830) in Chile.

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FIGURES 11–12. Acrocera honorati (Meigen, 1830): (10) male, lateral view; (11) male, dorsal view.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Acroceridae

SubFamily

Acrocerinae