Dioprosopa vockerothi ( Kassebeer, 2000 )

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, Zootaxa 4959 (1), pp. 1-178 : 126-128

Dioprosopa vockerothi ( Kassebeer, 2000)

Figs 178–179

Pseudodoros vockerothi Kassebeer, 2000: 76

Type locality and data. “ Bolivar : Chota River, Charchi, 1800 m, Ecuador ” (HT, ♂, CNC) .

Material examined. Arica y Parinacota: 1♂, Lluta Valley , 25.I.1972, Leg. Montenegro ( USNM) ; 1♂, Lluta Valley , km 25, 14.I.1969, Leg. A. Mendoza ( UTA) ; 2♀, Same locality, X.1968, Leg. G. Díaz P. ( UTA) ; 1♀, Azapa Valley , V.1970, Leg. de La Hoz ( USNM) ; 3♂, Quebrada de Azapa , X.1969, Leg. H. Toro & Dazarola ( USNM) ; 2♂, 2♀, Camarones , 22.V.1969, Leg. G. Díaz P. ( UTA) .

References. Kasseber, 2000: 76, figs 1b & 1e (desc. & key); Marín-Armijos et al., 2017: 177 (cat.).

World distribution. Ecuador, Peru and Chile.

Chilean distribution. Only recorded for Arica y Parinacota region ( Fig. 180 ).

Altitudinal range. From coastal to inland valley ecosystems (10– 500 m.a.s.l.).

Biology and notes. Drioprosopa vockerothi is a species widely distributed in other countries and therefore, we propose that this species should be classified as Low Concern (LC). We do not know the flowers that this native species visits, the prey consumed by their larval stages, or other basic aspects of its biology and ecology.

Conservation status. LC; EOO = 1,232 km 2, AOO = 20 km 2 and four localities or subpopulations (see notes for justification).

Genus Eosalpingogaster Hull, 1949

Amathia Walker, 1852: 223 (name preocc. by Lamouroux, 1812; Roux, 1828; Duponchel, 1829; Rathke, 1837). Type-species, costalis Walker (mon.).

Salpingogaster Schiner, 1868: 344 . Type-species, pygophora Schiner (orig. des.). Refs. Sack, 1920 (rev. key); Curran, 1941 (key); Knutson, 1971 (biol.); Thompson, 1981: 63 (key); Thompson, 1999a: 326 (key); Marinoni et al., 2007: 148, 150 (desc, key, illustrations).

Flexineura Bezzi, 1808: 294. Nomen nudum .

Figures

FIGURE 180. Distribution map of Dioprosopa species in Chile: D. clavata (Fabricius, 1794) (blue circles) and D. vockerothi (Kassebeer, 2000) (red circles).

FIGURES 178–179. Dioprosopa vockerothi (Kassebeer, 2000): (178) couple mating in flight, Iquique (Photo by Sebastián Toro) and (179) dorsal view (photo by Patricia Henríquez). Scale bar = 2 mm.