Athericidae

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 : 16

Athericidae ( Fig. 21 )

The family comprises more than 123 species, grouped into two subfamilies divided among 10 genera ( Stuckenberg 2000). Stuckenberg (1973) elevated the group to family rank, separating it from the Rhagionidae . Several contributions to the Neotropical fauna have been made with new species descriptions and taxonomic data (e.g., Rafael & Henriquez 1991; Coscarón & Coscarón 1995, 1996; Woodley 2007). A total of 16 species are recorded from Chile, all house within the genus Dasyomma Macquart ( González et al. 2019b) .

Figures

FIGURES 20–25. Xylophagomorpha and Tabanomorpha of Chile: (20) Heterostomus curvipalpis Bigot (Xylophagidae, photo by Asiel Olivares); (21) Dasyomma caeruleum Macquart (Atherecidae, photo by Matías Gargiulo); (22) Austroleptis penai Nagatomi & Nagatomi (Austroleptidae, photo by Dalton de Souza Amorim); (23) Coenura biguttatus (Philippi) (Pelecorhynchidae, photo by Ricardo Varela); (24) Atherinomorpha sp. (Rhagionidae, photo by Daniel Llavaneras); (25) Osca lata (Guerin-Méneville), larvae (Tabanidae, photo by Christian R. González).