Scatopsidae

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 : 14

Scatopsidae ( Fig. 19 )

The family Scatopsidae comprises 380 extant species worldwide and is grouped into four subfamilies and 36 genera ( Haenni & Amorim 2017). In Chile, the subfamilies Ectaetiinae , Psectrosciarinae and Scatopsinae are represented by eight genera and eight species ( Amorim 2009b). The two species described by Philippi (1865) are currently unrecognized and unplaced. Ectaetia Enderlein and Anapausis Enderlein are distributed worldwide, and one described species of each has been recorded for Chile; Anapausis fuscinervis Edwards —is considerably common in southern Chile. The Rhegmoclematini genus Diamphidicus Cook has only one known species in Chile and one in Australia, whereas Holoclema Amorim & Haenni is endemic to Chile. The genus Neorhegmoclemina Cook has one described species and at least one other undescribed species. Most known scatopsid species in Chile are from temperate rainforests; however, it is worth mentioning that Psectrosciara rossi Cook , described from Coquimbo, an area with different environmental conditions from temperate rainforest. This genus is known from other dry areas, at least in the Americas ( Amorim & Brown 2020). Scatopse notata (Linnaeus) and Coboldia fuscipes (Meigen) are introduced species in Chile with a worldwide distribution.

Figures

FIGURES 14–19. Bibionomorpha of Chile: (14) Lobogaster paradoxus Philippi, 1865 (Anisopodidae, photo by Cristóbal Ponce); (15) Dilophus sp. (Bibionidae; photo by Patrick Vyvyan); (16) Cecidomyiidae (photo by Vicente Valdés); (17) Keroplatidae (photo by Diego Gutiérrez); (18) Mycetophila lacuna Freeman (Mycetophilidae, photo by Anthony Campos); (19) cf. Coboldia sp. (Scaptopsidae, photo by Claudio Maureira).