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