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Euthycerina vittithorax Malloch 1933

  • 1. Research Collaborator, Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, 7835 Tufton Street, Fishers, Indiana 46038, USA. murph 3000 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0085 - 6998
  • 2. Instituto de Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación, Santiago, Chile. christian. gonzalez @ umce. cl; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2582 - 6071
  • 3. Área de Entomología, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago, Chile.

Description

vittithorax Malloch, 1933: 322–323, figs. 57k–l, pl. VII fig. 1

Holotype. Male (NHMUK), Argentina, Río Negro, Bariloche.

Distribution. Argentina: Neuquén Province (Lago Curruhue), Río Negro Province (Lago Correntoso, Lago Nahuel Huapi, Puerto Blest, Puerto Sabino, San Carlos de Bariloche). Chile: Región Metropolitana de Santiago: Cordillera Province (Los Maitenes); Región del Maule: Talca Province (Altos de Vilches); Región de la Araucanía: Cautín Province (National Park Conguillío); Región de Los Lagos: Osorno Province (Aguas Calientes, Lago Puyehue, National Park Puyehue), Llanquihue Province (Casa Pangue, Ensenada, Peulla, Puerto Montt), Chiloé Province (Ancud, Puntra); Región de Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena: Última Esperanza Province (Puerto Eden), Magallanes Province (Punta Arenas), Antártica Chilena (Puerto Williams);.

References. Malloch 1933: 317 (figs. 57k–l male terminalia); Stuardo 1946: 152 (catalog); Knutson et al. 1976: 7 (catalog); Marinoni 1995: 128 (list); Marinoni & Mathis 2000: 165 (table 1 character states); 172 (fig. 24 antenna); 179, 183, 189 (figs. 87, 134, 177 male terminalia); 196 (figs. 248– 250 male terminalia); Knutson & Vala 2011: 450 (table 21.1 world checklist); Mortelmans & Hendrix 2020: 391–392 (comments, geographic distribution, figs. 3c, 4c, 5c, 6e–h, 7c, 8c), 393 (biology, key).

Remarks. L.V. Knutson examined the holotype in 1976 (unpubl.). He noted that at least three undescribed species are known from Chile and Argentina (69 specimens of three species in ZMUC, 35 specimens of more than one species in CNC, 28 specimens in USNM, and six specimens of four species in DEBU).

Notes

Published as part of Murphy, William L., González, Christian R. & Elgueta, Mario, 2022, A catalog of the Sciomyzidae of Chile, with a key to genera (Diptera: Sciomyzoidea), pp. 261-278 in Zootaxa 5099 (2) on page 268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5099.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/6048580

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NHMUK
Family
Sciomyzidae
Genus
Euthycerina
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Malloch
Species
vittithorax
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Euthycerina vittithorax Malloch, 1933 sec. Murphy, González & Elgueta, 2022

References

  • Malloch, J. R. (1933) Acalyptrata. Sciomyzidae. In: Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. Part VI. Fascicle 4. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 296 - 323, pl. VII.
  • Stuardo, C. (1946) Catalogo de los Dipteros de Chile. Imprenta Universitaria. Santiago, 250 pp.
  • Knutson, L., Steyskal, G. C., Zuska, J. & Abercrombie, J. (1976) 64. Family Sciomyzidae. In: Papavero, N. (Ed.), A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas South of the United States. Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, pp. 1 - 24.
  • Marinoni, L. (1995) Analise cladistica de Sciomyzidae Fallen, 1820 (Diptera). Tese Doutor em Ciencias Biologicas, Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Ciencias Biologicas (Entomologia), Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, xiii + 143 pp. [https: // acervodigital. ufpr. br / handle / 1884 / 68434]
  • Marinoni, L. & Mathis, W. N. (2000) A cladistic analysis of Sciomyzidae Fallen (Diptera). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 113, 162 - 209.
  • Knutson, L. V. & Vala, J. - C. (2011) Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, xix + 506 pp.
  • Mortelmans, J. & Hendrix, J. (2020) Review of Euthycerina Malloch (Diptera, Sciomyzidae), with description of a new species from Chile. Zootaxa, 4786 (3), 381 - 395. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4786.3.4