Flukea vockerothi Etcheverry, 1966
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Flukea vockerothi Etcheverry, 1966 View in CoL
Figs 74–77 View FIGURES 74–78
Flukea vockerothi Etcheverry, 1966: 3 View in CoL
Type locality 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♂, Cordillera de 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) GoogleMaps ; 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) ( Milesiinae rev.); Thompson et al., 1976: 118 (cat.); Thompson, 1999a: 335 (key).
World distribution. Chile.
Chilean distribution. From Maule to Aysén region ( Fig. 79 View FIGURE 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 vockerothi is mainly associated with native forests. This fly has been observed feeding on Eucryphia cordifolia in Villarrica (Soledad Gaete, CSP record; Figs 74–75 View FIGURES 74–78 ) and Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (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 View FIGURES 74–78 ). Thompson (1972) mentioned that type specimen 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 2 and 17 localities (or subpopulations).
Subtribe Milesiina
Genus Hemixylota Shannon & Aubertin, 1933
Hemixylota Shannon & Aubertin 1933: 148 View in CoL . Type-species, Hemixylota varipes Shannon & Aubertin 1933 View in CoL (ori. des.).
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Syrphoidea |
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Eristalinae |
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Milesiini |
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Criorhinina |
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Flukea vockerothi Etcheverry, 1966
Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Riera, Pamela, Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura, Guzmán, Vicente Valdés & Henríquez-Piskulich, Patricia 2021 |
Flukea vockerothi
Etcheverry, M. 1966: 3 |
Hemixylota
Shannon, R. C. & Aubertin, D. 1933: 148 |