Atherimorpha White, 1915: 41

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Genus Atherimorpha White, 1915: 41

Type species Atherimorpha vernalis White, 1915 , by mon.

Bicalcar Lindner, 1923: 4 . Type species: Chrysopila obscuripennis Loew, 1873 , by mon.

Neorhagio Lindner, 1924: 75 . Type species: Leptis setosa Philippi, 1865 , by mon. Refs.: Kerr 2010: 82 (syn.). Therevirhagio Lindner, 1925: 20 . Type species: Therevirhagio setosiradiatus Lindner, 1925 , by mon. Philippoleptis Malloch, 1931: 276 (as subgenus). Type species: Leptis praefica Philippi, 1865 , by orig. des. Aritherimorpha Nagatomi, 1982a: 44 (lapsus).

Refs.: Hardy: 1920: 120 (key), 121 (des.); Lindner, 1924: 75 (rev., as Neorhagio ); Bezzi, 1926: 298 (key), 317 (des.), 318 (des. species); Hardy, 1927: 124 (des.); Malloch, 1931: 273 (key), 275 (des.); Malloch, 1932a: 206 (diag., com.), 207-208 (key to species); Malloch, 1932b: 116 (com.); Stuardo, 1946: 76 (cat.); Steyskal, 1953: 241 (com., as Erinnidae = Xylophagidae ); Hennig, 1955: 427 (com.); Stuckenberg, 1956: 142 (com.); Hardy, 1958: 291 (com.); Paramonov, 1962: 115 (key, as Leptidae ), 153–154 (diag.); Hennig, 1967: 2, 22 (com.); James, 1975: 1 (cat., as Xylophagidae ); Nagatomi & Iwata, 1976: 2 (key), 19–20 (com. fem. gen); Nagatomi, 1982a: 32 (com.), 36 (key), 40, 44, 47, 59 (com.); Nagatomi, 1982b: 141–142 (dist.), 146 (com.); Nagatomi, 1984: 122 (key), 135, 139, 154, 156 (male gen.); Nagatomi & Soroida, 1985: 281, 284 (com.); Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1990: 34 (rev.), 37, 38 (com.); Colles & McAlpine, 1991: 753 (com.); Nagatomi et al., 1991: 597 (com.); Nagatomi, 1992: 845, 852 (phyl.); Sinclair et al., 1993: 409 (phyl.); Stuckenberg, 2001: 20 (com.); Jell, 2004: 103 (fos.); Santos, 2005: 38 (com.), 39 (diag.); Santos, 2006: 49–50 (com.), 57–58 (com.), 60 (com.); Coscarón & Coscarón, 2008: 2679 (com.); Santos, 2008: 44 (dist.); Kirk-Spriggs & Stuckenberg, 2009: 159, 179 (com.); Kerr, 2009: 489 (com.); Kerr, 2010: 69 (key), 82 (diag.); Carmo & Santos, 2011: 473 (fem. gen.); Klassa & Santos, 2015: 523 (list).

atrifemur Malloch, 1932a: 210.

Holotype: male, Casa Pangue, Chile (NHMUK). Dist.: Región de Los Lagos, Llanquihue Province (Casa Pangue). Refs.: Stuardo, 1946: 76 (cat.); James, 1975: 1 (cat., as Xylophagidae ); Kerr, 2010: 124 (list).

claripennis ( Philippi, 1865)

Leptis claripennis Philippi, 1865: 772–773 .

Syntypes: sex unknown, Corral, Chile ( MNNC, presumed lost). Dist.: Región de Los Ríos, Valdivia Province (Corral); Región de Los Lagos, Chiloé Province (Puntra) .

Refs.: Reed, 1888: 288 (cat., as Leptis ); Hunter, 1901: 149 (cat., as Leptis ); Kertész, 1908: 304 (cat., as Rhagio ); Malloch, 1932a: 207 (key), 211 (diag., com.); Stuardo, 1946: 76 (cat.); James, 1975: 1 (cat., as Xylophagidae ); Kerr, 2010: 124 (list).

edwardsi Malloch, 1932a: 212–213.

Holotype: male, Puerto Montt, Chile ( NHMUK). Dist.: Región de Los Lagos, Llanquihue Province (Puerto Montt), Chiloé Province (Ancud).

Refs.: Malloch, 1932a: 207 (key); Stuardo, 1946: 76 (cat.); James, 1975: 1 (cat., as Xylophagidae ); González &

Coscarón, 2005: 364 (list, as Xylophagidae ); Kerr, 2010: 124 (list). fusca Malloch, 1932a: 213. Holotype: male, Puntra, Chiloé, Chile (NHMUK). Dist.: Región de Los Lagos, Chiloé Province (Ancud, Puntra). Refs.: Malloch, 1932a: 208 (key), Stuardo, 1946: 76 (cat.); James, 1975: 2 (cat., as Xylophagidae ); González &

Coscarón, 2005: 364 (list, as Xylophagidae ); Kerr, 2010: 124 (list).

fuscicoxa Malloch, 1932a: 215–216.

Holotype: female, Casa Pangue, Chile ( NHMUK). Dist.: Región de Los Lagos, Llanquihue Province (Casa Pangue, Puerto Varas).

Refs.: Malloch, 1932a: 208 (key), Stuardo, 1946: 76 (cat.); James, 1975: 2 (cat., as Xylophagidae ); Kerr, 2010: 124 (list).

grisea ( Philippi, 1865)

Leptis grisea Philippi, 1865: 774 .

Syntypes: sex unknown, San Juan, Chile ( MNNC, presumed lost); Dist.: Región de Los Ríos, Ranco Province (San Juan) .

Refs.: Reed, 1888: 288 (cat., as Leptis ); Hunter, 1901: 149 (cat., as Leptis ); Kertész, 1908: 305 (cat., as Rhagio ); Malloch, 1932a: 208 (key), 214 (footnote, com.); Stuardo, 1946: 76 (cat.); James, 1975: 2 (cat., as Xylophagidae ); Kerr, 2010: 124 (list).

Comments. Malloch (1932a: 214, footnote) cites a male specimen deposited in J. Bigot Collection and it may be a syntype.

hirtula ( Bigot, 1887)

Leptis hirtula Bigot, 1887: 116 .

Holotype: male, Chile ( UMO). Dist.: (without precise locality).

Refs.: Kertész, 1908: 305 (cat., as Rhagio ); Malloch, 1932a: 207 (key); Stuardo, 1946: 76 (cat.); James, 1975: 2 (cat., as Xylophagidae ); Kerr, 2010: 124 (list).

imitans Malloch, 1932a: 211–212.

Holotype: male, Castro, Chiloé, Chile ( NHMUK). Dist.: Región de Los Lagos, Llanquihue Province (PN Alerce Andino), Chiloé Province (Castro, Puntra).

Refs.: Hunter, 1901: 148 (cat., as Chrysopila ); Malloch, 1932a: 207 (key), 211–212 (diag., com.); Stuardo, 1946: 76 (cat.); James, 1975: 2 (cat., as Xylophagidae ); González & Coscarón, 2005: 364 (list, as Xylophagidae ); Coscarón & Coscarón, 2008: 2679 (com.); Kerr, 2010: 124 (list).

lugens ( Philippi, 1865)

Leptis lugens Philippi, 1865: 773 .

Syntypes: sex unknown, Valdivia Province, Chile ( MNNC, presumed lost). Dist.: Región de Los Ríos, Valdivia Province (without precise locality) .

Refs.: Reed, 1888: 288 (cat., as Leptis ); Hunter, 1901: 149 (cat., as Leptis ); Kertész, 1908: 307 (cat., as Rhagio ); Malloch, 1932a: 217 (com.); Stuardo, 1946: 77 (cat., as Leptis species incertae sedis) (cat.); James, 1968: 6 (cat., as unplaced species); Kerr, 2010: 124 (list).

nemoralis ( Philippi, 1865)

Leptis nemoralis Philippi, 1865: 772 .

Syntypes: sex unknown, Valdivia Province, Chile ( MNNC, presumed lost). Dist.: Región de La Araucanía, Malleco Province (PN Nahuelbuta); Región de Los Ríos, Valdivia Province (without precise locality); Región de Los Lagos, Llanquihue Province (Casa Pangue, Peulla, Puerto Varas), Chiloé Province (Ancud, Castro, Mechuque). Argentina, Neuquén Province ( Villa La Angostura ) .

Refs.: Reed, 1888: 288 (cat., as Leptis ); Hunter, 1901: 149 (cat., as Leptis ); Kertész, 1908: 308 (cat., as Rhagio ); Malloch, 1932a: 207 (key), 209–210 (diag., com.); Stuardo, 1946: 76 (cat.); James, 1975: 2 (cat., as Xy- lophagidae); González & Coscarón, 2005: 364 (list, as Xylophagidae ); Coscarón & Coscarón, 2008: 2680 (com.); Kerr, 2010: 124 (list).

nigrata ( Philippi, 1865)

Leptis nigrata Philippi, 1865: 772 .

Syntypes: sex unknown, Corral, Chile ( MNNC, presumed lost). Dist.: Región de Los Ríos, Valdivia Province (Corral) .

Refs.: Reed, 1888: 288 (cat., as Leptis ); Hunter, 1901: 149 (cat., as Leptis nigrita sic !); Kertész, 1908: 309 (cat., as Rhagio ); Malloch, 1932a: 217 (com.); Stuardo, 1946: 77 (cat., as Leptis species incertae sedis) (cat.); James, 1968: 6 (cat., as unplaced species); Kerr, 2010: 124 (list).

praefica ( Philippi, 1865)

Leptis praefica Philippi, 1865: 772 .

= Leptis setosa Philippi, 1865: 773 . Syntypes: sex unknown, Chile, Santiago, Valle de San Ramón (MNNC, presumed lost). Refs.: Reed, 1888: 288 (cat., as Leptis ); Lindner, 1924: 75 (as Neorhagio ); Stuardo, 1946: 77 (cat., as Leptis species incertae sedis); James, 1968: 6 (cat., as Neorhagio ); Kerr, 2010: 126 (syn.?).

= Psilocephala macrochaeta Bigot, 1889: 325–326 . Holotype: female, Chile (J. Bigot Collection, UMO). Refs.: Edwards in Malloch, 1932a: 232 (footnote 2, female specimens in the J. Bigot Collection, syn. of A. praefica ); Stuardo, 1946 (cat., as a possible synonym of A. praefica ); James, 1975: 2 (cat., as Xylophagidae , syn. of A. praefica ); Kerr, 2010: 126.

= Psilocephala pilosula Bigot, 1889: 326 . Syntypes: males, Chile (J. Bigot Collection, UMO).

Syntypes: sex unknown, Santiago, Chile (MNNC, presumed lost). Dist.: Región de Valparaíso, Valparaíso Province (Perales); Región Metropolitana, Santiago Province (Santiago, valle de San Ramón). Refs.: Edwards in Malloch, 1932a: 232 (footnote 2, seven male specimens in the J. Bigot Collection, syn. of A. praefica ); Stuardo, 1946: 76 (cat., as synonym of A. praefica ); James, 1975: 2 (cat., as Xylophagidae , syn. of A. praefica ); Kerr, 2010: 126.

Refs.: Reed, 1888: 288 (cat., as Leptis ); Hunter, 1901: 149 (cat., as Leptis ); Kertész, 1908: 310 (cat., as Rhagio ); Lindner, 1924: 75 (com. as Neorhagio setosus Philippi ); Malloch, 1932a: 208 (key), 232–234 (diag., com.); Stuardo, 1946: 76 (cat.); James, 1975: 2 (cat., as Xylophagidae ); Kerr, 2010: 124 (list).

scutellaris Malloch, 1932a: 214–215.

Holotype: female, Concepción , Chile ( NHMUK). Dist.: Región de Biobío, Concepción Province (Concepción); Región de La Araucanía, Arauco Province (Butamalal), Cautín Province (Loncoche); Región de Los Lagos, Llanquihue Province (Frutillar), Chiloé Province (Dalcahue, El Quillar).

Refs.: Malloch, 1932a: 208 (key); Stuardo, 1946: 76 (cat.); James, 1975: 2 (cat., as Xylophagidae ); González & Coscarón, 2005: 364 (list, as Xylophagidae ); Coscarón & Coscarón, 2008: 2682 (com.); Kerr, 2010: 124 (list).

subannulata ( Philippi, 1865)

= Leptis subannulata Philippi, 1865: 771–772 .

Syntypes: sex unknown, Valdivia Province, Chile ( MNNC, presumed lost). Dist.: Región de Los Ríos, Valdivia Province (without precise locality) .

Refs.: Reed, 1888: 288 (cat., as Leptis ); Hunter, 1901: 149 (cat. as Leptis ); Kertész, 1908: 312 (cat., as Rhagio ); Malloch, 1932a: 217 (com.); Stuardo, 1946: 77 (cat., as Leptis species incertae sedis) (cat.); James, 1968: 6 (cat., as unplaced species); Kerr, 2010: 124 (list).

triangularis Malloch, 1932a: 234.

Holotype: male, Chile, Región de Valparaíso, Valparaíso Province: Los Perales, IX-1923, A. Fan Coll. ( USNM). Dist.: Región de Valparaíso, Valparaíso Province (El Canelillo, Perales); Región Metropolitana, Santiago Province (Cerro Renca); Región de Biobío, Arauco Province (Butamalal, Piedra del Aguila); Región de La Araucanía, Malleco Province ( Río Blanco ), Cautín Province (Loncoche).

Refs.: Malloch, 1932a: 208 (key); Stuardo, 1946: 76 (cat.); James, 1975: 2 (cat., in Xylophagidae ); Coscarón & Coscarón, 2008: 2684 (com.); Kerr, 2010: 124 (list).