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Eupeodes (Eupeodes) curtus

Description

Eupeodes (Eupeodes) curtus (Hine, 1922: 145)

Syrphus curtus Hine, 1922: 145

Type locality and data. “Savanoski, Naknek Lake, Alaska ” (H, ♂, OSU).

Material examined. Tarapacá: (sex undetermined) Mamiña, Iquique, 11.IX.1951, Leg. L. Peña (CNC).

References. Hine, 1922: 145 (desc.); Fluke, 1949: 53 (checklist); Vockeroth, 1986: 200 (n. comb.); Nielsen & Svendsen, 2014: 123 (Checklist).

World distribution. Alaska, Finland, Norway and Chile.

Chilean distribution. Only recorded for Tarapacá region.

Altitudinal range. This species has only been recorded in highlands at 2,750 m.a.s.l. Biology and notes. Eupeodes curtus is here reported from Chile for the first time and probably is an introduced species. Its ecological aspects and floral associations are unknown in Chile.

Conservation status. Not evaluated because this species is considered exotic.

Subgenus Metasyrphus Matsumura, 1918

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-178 in Zootaxa 4959 (1) on pages 130-131, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4959.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4693464

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References

  • Hine, J. S. (1922) Descriptions of Alaskan Diptera of the family Syrphidae. The Ohio Journal of Science, 22, 143 - 148.
  • Fluke, C. L. (1949) Some Alaskan syrphid flies, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 100, 39 - 54. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.100 - 3256.39
  • Vockeroth, J. R. (1986) Nomenclatural notes on Nearctic Eupeodes (including Metasyrphus) and Dasysyrphus (Diptera: Syrphidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 118, 199 - 204. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 118199 - 3
  • Nielsen, T. R. & Svendsen, S. (2014) Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in North Norway. Norwegian Journal of Entomology, 61, 119 - 134.
  • Philippi, P. I. (1865) Aufzahlung der chilenischen Dipteren. Verhandlunger der Zoologisch- Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 15, 595 - 782. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9295
  • Matsumura, S. (1918) New species of the economic Syrphidae of Japan. Journal of the College of Agriculture Hokkaido Imperial University, 8, 1 - 31.