Cecidomyiidae

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 : 12

Cecidomyiidae ( Fig. 16 )

This family comprises 6,203 extant species, grouped into six subfamilies and 736 genera ( Jaschhof & Jaschhof 2013; Gagné & Jaschhof 2021). There is molecular evidence that this may be the most species-rich family of insects ( Hebert et al. 2016). Several recent papers, such as, Maia & Villagra (2017) and Gagné & Whaley (2020), have contributed to the knowledge of the family in Chile. A total of 30 species in 17 genera are now recognized in the country ( Gagné & Jaschhof 2021).

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).