Shannonia meridionalis, Zuska, 1969

Murphy, William L., González, Christian R. & Elgueta, Mario, 2022, A catalog of the Sciomyzidae of Chile, with a key to genera (Diptera: Sciomyzoidea), Zootaxa 5099 (2), pp. 261-278 : 271

meridionalis Zuska in Kaczynski et al., 1969: 577–578, fig. 5

Holotype. Male ( CUIC), Chile Santiago Pr., Baños Morales.

Distribution. Argentina: Río Negro Province (Río Villegas), Chubut Province (El Maitén 24 km S), Santa Cruz Province (no precise locality). Chile: Región de Atacama: Copiapó Province (Río Copiapó, Vegas de San Andrés), Huasco Province (Canto del Agua); Región de Coquimbo: Limarí Province (National Park Fray Jorge), Choapa Province (Hacienda Illapel, Illapel, Ñague); Región de Valparaíso: Marga Marga Province (Limache), Valparaíso Province (Archipiélago de Juan Fernández); Región Metropolitana de Santiago: Chacabuco Province (Caleu), Santiago Province (Peñalolen), Cordillera Province (Baños Morales 4 km W, Valle Los Piuquenes); Región del Biobío: Biobío Province (Mulchén, Salto del Laja); Región de Los Lagos: Llanquihue Province (Casa Pangue); Región de Aysén: Aysén Province (Chile Chico).

References. Kaczynski et al. 1969: 574 (fig. 5 male postabdomen), 575 (fig. 9 male postabdomen), 577 (key), 579 (fig. 10 geographic distribution), 581 (figs. 20–28 mouthparts larva), 583 (figs. 35– 40 larva), 588 (figs. 49– 56 pupa); Abercrombie 1970: 160 (key to larvae), 162 (key to puparia); Knutson et al. 1976: 11 (catalog); Marinoni 1995: 140 (list); Marinoni & Mathis 2000: 165 (table 1 character states); 172 (fig. 17 antenna); 179, 183, 188, 194 (figs. 81, 128, 171, 232 male terminalia); Knutson & Vala 2011: 56, 113, 169, 187 (biology), 246 (fig. 14.40b cephalopharyngeal skeleton, fig. 14.40f, g L3), 298 (key to adults), 372 (geographic distribution), 456 (table 21.1 world checklist); Williams et al. 2013: 106–107 (habitat).