Flukea vockerothi Etcheverry, 1966: 3
Milesiinae
Hemixylota Shannon & Aubertin 1933: 148
Hemixylota varipes Shannon & Aubertin 1933
Updating the knowledge of the flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Chile: Illustrated catalog, extinction risk and biological notes
Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M.
Riera, Pamela
Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura
Guzmán, Vicente Valdés
Henríquez-Piskulich, Patricia
Zootaxa
2021
2021-04-15
4959
1
1
178
6JB25
Etcheverry, 1966
Etcheverry
1966
[151,591,1342,1369]
Insecta
Syrphidae
Flukea
Animalia
Diptera
54
55
Arthropoda
species
vockerothi
Figs 74–77
Flukea vockerothi Etcheverry, 1966: 3
Typelocality and data.“ Chillán, Chile” (T, ♂, MEUC). Material examined. Maule: 1♂, Tregualemu, 02.XII.1989, Leg.C. González( IEUMCE); Ñuble: 2♂, 2♀, Chillán, 17.XI.1965, Leg. Casals( MZUC); Biobío: 1♂, Los Ángeles, 02.XI.1986, Leg.C. Bocaz( UFRO); 2♂, Cordillerade Pemehue, 20–31.I.1946, Leg.Peña( CNC, Etcheverry 1966); La Araucanía: 1♀, La Esperanza, Mininco, 06.XI.1991, Leg.J. Solervicens( IEUMCE); 1♀, Termas Rio Blanco, 19.II.1973, Leg. J. Herrera( IEUMCE); 1♀, Cherquenco, 17.XI.1978, Leg.NN ( MNHNCL); 1♀, Villarrica, -39.2820, -72.2307, 26.II.2016, phot. col. Soledad Gaete( CSP); Los Ríos: 1♀, Valdivia, 30.I.1992, Leg.S. Krause( UACH); 1♂, Corral, 27.XII.1981, Leg.W. Fischer( UACH); 1♂, 1♀, La Unión, I.1996, Leg.A. Ugarte( MEUC); Los Lagos: 2♀, Río GolGol, Osorno, 10.II.1957( CNC; Etcheverry, 1966); 2♀, Parque Nacional Puyehue, 7.II.2018, Leg. J.H., A.W. and A.M. Skevington( CNC); Aysén: 1♀, Queulat National Park, 02.VII.2006, Leg. Alejandro Vera( MNHNCL); 2♂, 2♀, Puerto Cisnes, 09.I.1967, Leg. Zapata( IEUMCE); Río Mañihuales, 26–28.I.1961, Leg. Peña( Etcheverry 1966); 1♂, Puerto Aysén, 24–26.I.1961( CNC; Etcheverry 1966).
References. Etcheverry, 1966: 3, figs 1–35 (desc.); Thompson, 1972b: 163, figs 65–66 (male genitalia), 65s (sternum), 65t(tergum), 66a (aedeagus and apodeme), 66e (ejaculatory apodeme) ( Milesiinaerev.); Thompson et al., 1976: 118(cat.); Thompson, 1999a: 335(key). World distribution. Chile. Chilean distribution.From Mauleto Aysén region( Fig. 79). Altitudinal range.From coastal to precordillera ecosystems 5– 2,000 m.a.s.l.
Biology and notes.Known as the largest flower fly of Chile, Flukea vockerothiis mainly associated with native forests. This fly has been observed feeding on Eucryphia cordifoliain Villarrica (Soledad Gaete, CSP record; Figs 74–75) and Foeniculum vulgareMill.(Jorge de la Torre, CSP record). Recently, females have been observed ovipositing thanks to citizen science. The eggs are oval, white but darker in the apices. The observed female laid the eggs in small groups (15–20, even more) on the bark and leaves of a moss-covered pine surrounded by native forest with many native dead logs in the floor ( Fig. 77). Thompson (1972) mentioned that typespecimen is lost. The genus name, as well as the specific epithet, commemorates Dr. C. L. Fluke and J. R. Vockeroth, respectively, acknowledged entomologists and specialists in Syrphidae ( Etcheverry 1966). Conservation status.LC; EOO = 111,220 km 2; AOO = 72 km 2and 17 localities (or subpopulations). FIGURES 71–73. Philippimyia cyanocephalus( Philippi, 1865): (71)lateral view (Photo by Patricia Henríquez); (72)dorsal view (Photo by Vicente Valdés) and (73) in situfeeding on Rubus ulmifoliusSchottin Oken (Photo by Ricardo Varela). Scale bars = 1 mm. Subtribe Milesiina Genus Hemixylota Shannon & Aubertin, 1933
Hemixylota Shannon & Aubertin 1933: 148. Type-species, Hemixylota varipes Shannon & Aubertin 1933(ori. des.).
3080455866
[151,786,1512,1539]
MEUC
Chile
Chillan
54
55
1
1
holotype
3080454684
[447,1240,1548,1575]
1989-12-02
IEUMCE
Leg. & Gonzalez
Tregualemu
54
55
1
1
Maule
3080454657
1965-11-17
MZUC
Chillan & Leg. Casals
Nuble
54
55
4
2
2
Maule
3080455505
[656,1380,1584,1612]
1986-11-02
UFRO
Leg. & Bocaz
Los Angeles
54
55
1
1
Biobio
3080455901
[151,999,1620,1647]
1946-01-20
1946-01-31
1946-01-20
CNC
Leg. Pena & La
Pemehue
54
55
1
Cordillera
3080454585
1991-11-06
IEUMCE
J. Solervicens
Mininco
54
55
1
1
Araucania
3080454925
[659,1147,1656,1683]
1973-02-19
Leg. J
Rio Blanco
54
55
1
1
Araucania
3080455591
[1159,1382,1656,1683]
IEUMCE
Herrera
54
55
1
Herrera
3080454434
1978-11-17
MNHNCL
Leg.
Cherquenco
54
55
1
1
Herrera
3080454677
2016-02-26
CSP
Villarrica & Soledad Gaete
-39.282
6
-72.2307
54
55
1
1
Herrera
3080454611
[305,967,1728,1755]
1992-01-30
UACH
Leg. & Krause
Valdivia
54
55
1
1
Los Rios
3080455784
1981-12-27
UACH
Leg. & Fischer
Corral
54
55
1
1
Los Rios
3080454522
[355,823,1764,1791]
1996-01
MEUC
Leg. & Ugarte
La Union
54
55
1
La Union
3080455292
1957-02-10
2018-02-07
1957-02-10
CNC
J.H., A.W. & A.M. Skevington
Osorno
Rio GolGol
54
55
4
4
Los Lagos
3080454630
2006-07-02
MNHNCL
Leg. Alejandro Vera
Queulat National Park
54
55
1
1
Aysen
3080455728
1967-01-09
IEUMCE
Puerto Cisnes & Leg. Zapata
54
55
4
2
2
Aysen
3080455992
[376,1197,1872,1899]
1961-01-26
1961-01-28
1961-01-26
Leg. Pena & Puerto
Rio Manihuales
54
55
1
1
Aysen
3080455308
1961-01-24
1961-01-26
1961-01-24
CNC
Aysen
54
55
1
Aysen