Chloropidae

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

Chloropidae ( Fig. 95 )

The family Chloropidae comprises more than 3,000 extant species, grouped into four subfamilies and 207 genera ( Nartshuk 2012; Riccardi & Amorim 2020), although some authors ( Wheeler 2010) have recognized only three subfamilies. Paganelli (2002) provided a key to the identification of genera in the Neotropical Region. For Chile, 18 species in 11 genera are known ( Pape & Thompson 2020). Currently, there are no taxonomic studies of the Chilean species of chloropids.

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).