Pyrgotidae

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 : 35

Pyrgotidae ( Fig. 82 )

The Pyrgotidae comprises 365 species, grouped into two subfamilies and 55 extant genera ( Korneyev 2021). The Teretrurinae includes five genera and are restricted to southern South America ( Argentina and Chile) and Oceania. The major contributions to the study of pyrgotids were reported by Korneyev (2016a, b) and Korneyev & Norrbom (2006). For Chile, only two genera of Teretrurinae are known: the monotypic genus Pyrgotosoma Malloch , ( P. flavida Malloch ), and Teretrura Bigot , which includes T. flaveola Bigot and T. tinctipennis Malloch ( González et al. 2021c) .

Figures

FIGURES 80–85. Tephritoidea (continued) of Chile: (80) Aenigmatomyia unipunctatus Malloch and (81) Heloparia bicolor (Walker) (Pallopteridae, photos by Ricardo Varela); (82) Teretrura tinctipennis Malloch (Pyrgotidae, photo by Willy Leyton); (83) Euarestoides acutangulus (Thomson) (Tephritidae, photo by Valeria Gómez); (84) Rachiptera limbata Bigot (Tephritidae, photo by Ani Mari) (85) Pterotaenia fasciata Malloch (Ulidiidae, photo by Belén Fernández).