Pipiza triste ( Philippi, 1865 )

Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Riera, Pamela, Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura, Guzmán, Vicente Valdés & Henríquez-Piskulich, Patricia, 2021, Updating the knowledge of the flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Chile: Illustrated catalog, extinction risk and biological notes, Zootaxa 4959 (1), pp. 1-178 : 104-105

Pipiza triste ( Philippi, 1865)

Figs 155–156

Penium triste Philippi, 1865: 741

Pipiza tristis Williston, 1886: 310

Pipiza dubia Kertész, 1910: 21 *

Type locality and data. “ Corral , Chile ” (T, A, MNHNCL) .

Material examined. Valparaíso: 1♂, El Granizo, 28.VIII.1964, Leg. Hichins ( MNHNCL) ; Metropolitana : Santiago ( Etcheverry 1963); Ñuble : 1♀, Las Trancas , 21.XI.1964, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; Biobío: 1♀, Pichinahuel , 16-20.XII.1993, Leg. G. & M. Wood ( CNC) ; La Araucanía: 1♀, Los Coigües , 1–15.I.1965, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; Los Ríos: Corral ( Etcheverry 1963) ; 2♀, Pucatrihue , 1–15.XI.1966. Leg. O. Barros & Salgado ( MEUC) ; Los Lagos: 1♂, Chepu , 17.X.1958, Leg. Kuschel ( INIA) ; Castro ( Etcheverry 1963) .

References. Philippi, 1865: 741 (desc.); Bigot, 1884: 557 (desc.); Williston, 1886: 310 (cat.); Reed, 1888: 300 (cat.); Kertész, 1910: 21 (cat.); Shannon, 1927: 31 (desc. & key); Shannon & Aubertin, 1933: 144 (desc. & key); Sack, 1941: 90 (cat.); Stuardo, 1946: 125 (cat.); Fluke, 1957: 47 (cat.); Etcheverry, 1963: 69 (cat.), Thompson et al., 1976: 47 (cat.); Camousseight, 2005: 93 (cat.); González & Coscarón, 2005: 347 (distr.).

World distribution. Chile.

Chilean distribution. From Valparaíso to Los Lagos region ( Fig. 157 ).

Altitudinal range. From coastal to precordillera ecosystems (5– 1,800 m.a.s.l.).

Biology. All basic aspects of its biology and ecology remain unknown.

Conservation status. VU under B2ab (iii) using AOO = 40 km 2 and ten localities (or subpopulations); EOO = 116,985 km 2.

Figures

FIGURE 157. Distribution map of Pipiza species in Chile: Pipiza aurantipes (Bigot, 1857) (blue circles); Pipiza claripennis Shannon & Aubertin, 1933 (black circles); Pipiza triste (Philippi, 1865) (red circles).

FIGURES 153–156. Pipiza aurantipes (Bigot, 1857): (153) visiting a flower of Loasa tricolor Ker Gawl, El Monte (Foto by Claudio Arancibia) and (154) dorsal view, male (photo by Patricia Henríquez). Scale bar = 1 mm. Pipiza triste (Philippi, 1865); (155) dorsal view, male, Isla Teja, Valdivia (photo by Andrés von Bennewitz), and (156) dorsal view, female (photo by Vicente Valdés). Black represents 0.6 mm.