Pherbellia patagonensis, (Macquart), 1851

Murphy, William L., González, Christian R. & Elgueta, Mario, 2022, A catalog of the Sciomyzidae of Chile, with a key to genera (Diptera: Sciomyzoidea), Zootaxa 5099 (2), pp. 261-278 : 264-265

patagonensis (Macquart), 1851

Sciomyza patagonensis Macquart, 1851: 251 , pl. 25, fig. 15.

Pherbellia lathraea Steyskal, 1963: 73 , fig. 1. Holotype. Male (IML), Argentina, La Rioja, Patquia. Synonymized by Knutson et al. 1976: 5.

Holotype. Male ( MNHN), Argentina, Río Negro , Carmen de Patagones

Distribution. Argentina: La Rioja Province (Patquia); Córdoba Province (Cosquín); Buenos Aires Province (Bahía Blanca); Río Negro Province (San Carlos de Bariloche). Brazil: Espírito Santo State (Baixo Guandu); Rio Grande do Sul State (Pelotas). Chile: Región de Valparaíso: San Antonio Province (National Reserve El Yali); Región de La Araucanía: Malleco Province (Icalma); Región de Los Lagos: Llanquihue Province (Puerto Varas, Río Pescado ). Ecuador: Imbabura Province (Choucho). Peru: Lima Department (Cartario, Laguna Villa) . Uruguay: Montevideo Department (Montevideo) .

Reference s. Malloch 1933: 308 (as Pherbellia grisescens ); Edwards, in Malloch 1933: 308 (footnote regarding synonymy with Pherbellia grisescens ); Steyskal 1963: 121 (fig. 10 male terminalia); Boyes et al. 1969: 333, 345– 347 (cytotaxonomy); Abercrombie 1970: 7 (as Pherbellia ); Knutson et al. 1976: 4–5 (catalog); Rozkošný 1987: 18 (synonymy); Marinoni 1995: 133 (list, as Pherbellia patagonensis ); Knutson & Vala 2011: 267 (karyotype), 444 (table 21.1 world checklist).

Remarks. N.E. Vikhrev (Moscow, Russia) is investigating the possible synonymy of D. patagonensis with Pherbellia grisescens Meigen, 1830 .