Cryptochetidae, Brues & Melander, 1932

Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Madriz, Isaí, González, Christian R. & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2024, An update on the knowledge and general understanding of the Chilean Diptera diversity, Zootaxa 5518 (1), pp. 1-87 : 39

Cryptochetidae ( Fig. 96 )

The Cryptochetidae comprises over 30 species in two extant genera, Cryptochetum Rondani and Librella McAlpine ( Kirk-Spriggs & Nartshuk 2021) . Cryptochetum (Lestophonus) iceryae (Williston) is the only recorded species of this family in Chile, but was not addressed in the CDASUS. This species was introduced to the country to combat the scale insect Icerya purchasi Maskell in the 1930s ( Koch 1977).

Figures

FIGURES 92–97. Ephydroidea and Carnoidea of Chile: (92) Drosophila hydei Sturtevant (Drosophilidae, photo by Diego Gutiérrez); (93) Neoephydra araucaria Mathis (Ephydridae, photo by Claudio Maureira); (94) cf. Pelomyia crassiseta Foster & Mathis (Canacidae, photo by Patrich Cerpa); (95) Thaumatomyia sp. (Chloropidae, photo by Leonardo Rodríguez); (96) Cryptochaetum (Lestophonus) iceryae (Williston) (Cryptochaetidae, photo by Claudio Maureira), and (97) cf. Milichiella sp. (Milichiidae, photo by Juan Mauricio Contreras).