Copestylum (Phalacromya) frauenfeldi ( Schiner, 1868 )

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Copestylum (Phalacromya) frauenfeldi ( Schiner, 1868)

Temnocera frauenfeldi Schiner, 1868: 358

Volucella frauenfeldi Kertész, 1910: 317 *

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

Material examined. Arica y Parinacota: 1♂, N. Chapiquiña, 3.V.1989, Leg. L.E. Peña ( MEUC) ; Coquimbo: 1♀, Talinay , 28.I.1969, Leg. J. Solervicens ( MNHNCL) ; 1♀, Cuesta Los Mantos, Punitaqui , 28.I.1969, Leg. C. Vivar ( MNHNCL) ; 3♂, 5♀, Port. Tres Cruces , 30.X.1957, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; 1♀, Combarbalá , 2–8.VIII.1960, Leg. L.E. Peña ( CNC) ; 2♀, El Calabozo, Hacienda Illapel , 23.XI.1959, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; Valparaíso: 1♀, San Felipe , 14.XI.1988, Leg. C. Vivar ( MNHNCL) ; 1♂, Hijuelas , 14.I.1939, Leg. C. Vivar ( MNHNCL) ; 1♀, Pachacoma , 15.IX.1964, Leg. J. Rendón ( MNHNCL) ; 1♀, Río Blanco , 29–31.III.1954, Leg. L.E. Peña ( CNC) ; Metropolitana : 1♀, Cerro la Dormida , 16.I.1969, Leg. N. Hichins ( MNHNCL) ; 1♂, Aculeo , 3.XI.1959, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; 2♂, 2♀, El Peumo , XI.1945, Leg. L.E. Peña ( CNC) ; 7♂, 6♀, Pudahuel , 12.VI.1953, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; 1♀, Peñalolen , 19.XI.1944, Leg. L.E. Peña ( INIA) ; 1♂, 1♀, Los Maitenes , 15.X.1954, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; O’Higgins: 1♀, La Nieve, 18.XI.1947, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; 1♂, Olivar Bajo , 02.V.1970, Leg. J. Solervicens ( MNHNCL) .

References. Schiner, 1868: 358 (desc.); Williston, 1886: 317 (cat.); Reed, 1888: 298 (cat.); Kertész, 1910: 191 (cat.); Shannon & Aubertin, 1933: 170, fig. 35a (head, female) (desc.); Fluke, 1951: 19, fig. 32 (Key & desc.); Etcheverry, 1963: 101 (cat.); Stuardo, 1946: 129 (cat.); Fluke, 1951b: 19, fig. 32 (desc.); Fluke, 1957: 69 (cat.); Thompson et al., 1976: 76 (cat.); Díaz-Forestier et al., 2009: 158 (pollinator study); Restrepo-Órtiz & Carrejo, 2009: 147 (cat.); Montoya, 2016: 510 (cat.).

World distribution Argentina, Colombia and Chile.

Chilean distribution. From Arica y Parinacota to O’Higgins region ( Fig. 145 ).

Altitudinal range. From coastal to highland ecosystems (20– 3,300 m.a.s.l.).

Biology and notes. Copestylum frauenfeldi is associated with the native tree Quillaja saponaria Molina , in the Mediterranean basin of Central Chile ( Díaz-Forestier et al., 2009). It has a wide habitat distribution, ranging from Mediterranean ecosystems to tropical forests ( Restrepo-Órtiz & Carrejo 2009, Montoya 2016). Other aspects of its biology and ecology remain unknown in Chile.

Conservation status. LC; EOO = 178,783 km 2, AOO = 72 km 2 and 17 localities (or subpopulations).

Figures

FIGURE 145. Distribution map of Copestylum longirostre (Macquart, 1846) (blue circles); Copestylum escomeli (Curran, 1929) (red circles); Copestylum frauenfeldi (Schiner, 1868) (black circles) in Chile.