Blephariceridae

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 : 9

Blephariceridae ( Fig. 5 )

The family comprises 330 species, grouped into two subfamilies and 30 genera ( Courtney et al. 2017), the Edwardsininae being restricted to the southern hemisphere ( Marshall 2012). Hogue (1971) made the only contribution to knowledge of this family in Chile. Eight species into two genera, Paltostoma Schiner and Edwardsina Meigen ( Hogue 1971) , are referred to for Chile.

Figures

FIGURES 1–7. Tipulomorpha and Psychodomorpha of Chile: (1) Sigmatodera maiae (Alexander) (Limoniidae, photo by Ignacio Torres); (2) cf. Geranomyia valida (Loew) (Limoniidae, Photo by Claudio Arancibia); (3) Ischnotoma (Ischnotoma) decorata (Philippi) (Tipulidae; Photo by Matías Cortés); (4) Nothotrichocera cf. chiloe Krzeminska & Young (Trichoceridae; Photo by Ricardo Varela); (5) larvae of Edwardsina sp. (Blephariceridae, photo by R. I. Madriz); (6) Clogmia albipunctata (Williston) (photo by Ani Mari), and (7) Tanyderus pictus Philippi (Tanyderidae, photo by Vicente Valdés).