Valdiviomyia pucara Mengual 2017: 436 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 8FLBG Thompson Thompson [151,570,151,178] Insecta Syrphidae Valdiviomyia Animalia Diptera 70 71 Arthropoda species shannoni   Figs 101–102      Valdiviomyia pucara Mengual 2017: 436     Typelocality and data.“ Nahuelbuta National Park, Chile” (H, ♂, MNHNCL).  Material examined.  Biobío: 1♂, Nahuelbuta National Park,  15.I.1978, Leg. Cerda( MNHNCL); La  Araucanía: 1♀, Parque Nacional Conguillio,  2.II.1983, Leg. E. Krahmer( UACH).   References. Thompson & Thompson, 2017: 17, figs 1–2 (desc. & key); Mengual, 2017: 436, figs 14–19 & 24–26 (key & desc.); Thompson, 2018: 651 (junior synonymy).  World distribution. Argentinaand Chile.  Chilean distribution.Only recorded from Biobíoto La Araucanía region( Fig. 103).  Altitudinal range.From precordillera to the highland ecosystems ( 1,400–2,800 m.a.s.l.).   Biology and notes.All basic aspects of its biology and ecology remain unknown.  Conservation status.EN under B2ab (iii) using AOO = 8 km 2and two localities (or subpopulations). 3080455065 [151,1041,326,353] MNHNCL Chile Nahuelbuta National Park 70 71 1 1 holotype 3080454551 [437,1310,362,389] 1978-01-15 MNHNCL Leg. Cerda & La Nahuelbuta National Park 70 71 1 1 Biobio 3080455575 1983-02-02 UACH Leg. E. Krahmer Parque Nacional Conguillio 70 71 1 1 Araucania