Toxomerus floralis
Description
Toxomerus floralis (Fabricius, 1798)
Syrphus floralis Fabricius, 1798: 563
Scaeva floralis Fabricius, 1805: 253 *
Syrphus quadrifasciatus Bigot, 1857: 337
Mesogramma subannulata Loew, 1866: 157
Mesogramma floralis Schiner, 1868: 347 *
Toxomerus subannulatus Kertész, 1910: 150 *
Mesogramma flamminea Hull, 1941a: 312
Mesograpta floralis Fluke, 1956: 223 *
Type locality and data. “Cajenne” (HT, ♂, ♀, UZMC).
Material examined. Arica y Parinacota: 1♂, 1♀, Cica, 12.VI.1968, Leg. N. Hichins (UTA); 1♀, Lluta CAMPEX, IX.1967, Leg. A. Aguilera (UTA); 1♀, Cuya, Camarones, 25.II.1976, Leg. N. Hichins (UTA); 2♂, Chica, Picha, Lluta, 12.XI.1969, Leg. N. Hichins (UTA).
References. Fabricius, 1798: 563 (desc.); Williston, 1886: 312 (cat.); Hull, 1941d: 312 (desc.); Thompson et al., 1976: 50 (cat.); Thompson, 1981: 68, (desc.); Thompson & Thompson, 2006: 323 (desc.); Borges & Couri, 2009: 35 (desc.); Reemer, 2010: 191 (desc.); Arcaya et al., 2015: 146 (ecological study); Marín-Armijos et al., 2017: 180 (cat.).
World distribution. Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador; El Salvador, Guatemala, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Chile.
Chilean distribution. Only recorded for Arica y Parinacota region (Fig. 220).
Altitudinal range. From coastal to inland valley ecosystems (5– 500 m.a.s.l.).
Biology and notes. Toxomerus floralis is a flower fly species widely distributed in Neotropical areas and probably associated with crops in Azapa, Camarones and Lluta valley. Arcaya et al. (2013) recorded this species feeding on Aphidae and leafhopper insects. Biological aspects and potential prey in Chile are unknown.
Conservation status. LC; EOO = 608 km 2, AOO = 12 km 2 and three localities (or subpopulations). This species is widely distributed for all Neotropical region.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- UZMC
- Scientific name authorship
- Fabricius
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Genus
- Toxomerus
- Species
- floralis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Toxomerus floralis (Fabricius, 1798) sec. Barahona-Segovia, Riera, Pañinao-Monsálvez, Guzmán & Henríquez-Piskulich, 2021
References
- Fabricius, J. C. (1798) Supplementum entomologiae systematicae. C. G. Proft et Storch, Hafniae [Copenhagen], 572 pp.
- Fabricius, J. C. (1805) Systema antliatorum: secundum ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. C. Reichard, Brunsvigae, 30 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 15806
- Bigot, J. M. F. (1857) Dipteres nouveaux provenant du Chili. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Series 3, 5, 277 - 308.
- Loew, H. (1866) Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria sexta. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 9, 127 - 186. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 18650090303.
- Schiner, I. R. (1868) Diptera. In: von Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. (Ed.), Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859, unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wullerstorf-Urbair. K. Gerold, Vienna, pp. 1 - 388.
- Kertesz, K. (1910) Catalogus dipterorum hucusque descriptorum. Vol. 7. G. Engelmann Budapestini, 470 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 5141
- Hull, F. M. (1941 a) Some new species of Syrphidae. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 14, 61 - 63.
- Williston, S. W. (1886) Catalog of the described species of South American Syrphidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 14, 308 - 324. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 25076478
- Hull, F. M. (1941 d) Some new species of Syrphidae from South America. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 31, 311 - 315.
- Thompson, F. C, Vockeroth, J. R. & Sedman, Y. S. (1976) Family Syrphidae. In: Papavero, N. (Ed.), A catalog of the Diptera of the Americas south of the United States. Edanee, Sao Paulo, pp. 1 - 195. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 49898
- Thompson, F. C. (1981) The Flower Flies of the West Indies (Diptera, Syrphidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington, 9, 1 - 200.
- Thompson, F. C. & Thompson, B. J. (2006) A new Toxomerus species from Chile (Diptera, Syrphidae). Studia Dipterologica, 13, 317 - 331.
- Borges, Z. M. & Couri, M. S. (2009) Revision of Toxomerus Macquart, 1855 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Brazil with synonymic notes, identification key to the species and description of three new species. Zootaxa, 2179 (1), 1 - 72. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2179.1.1
- Reemer, M. (2010) A second survey of Surinam Syrphidae (Diptera): Introduction and Syrphinae. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 153, 163 - 196. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 22119434 - 900000295
- Marin-Armijos, D., Quezada-Rios, N., Soto-Armijos, C. & Mengual, X. (2017) Checklist of the flower flies of Ecuador (Diptera, Syrphidae). ZooKeys, 691, 163 - 199. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 691.13328
- Arcaya, E., Mengual, X., Perez-Banon, C. & Rojo, S. (2013) Registros y distribucion de sirfidos depredadores (Diptera: Syrphidae: Syrphinae) en el estado Lara, Venezuela. Bioagro, 25, 143 - 148.