andinae species-group

Moderately pigmented species with the following features: a) a narrow marginal carina in both sexes; b) no more than 10 metanotal setae in males; c) female subgenital plate with less than 41 marginal plus submarginal setae. Three species are included in this group, all parasitic on hosts belonging to the Tinamotis - Eudromia clade of the Nothurinae (Tinamidae) (see Bertelli & Chiappe 2005). All three species have been collected in Argentina, one ( Tinamotaecola elegans) has been recorded from Paraguay, and only one ( Tinamotaecola andinae) is known from Chile. However, considering the that their hosts are geographically distributed in Chile (Fig. 20) and that these hosts have not been particularly well studied (Martínez & González 2004), it is likely that the remaining two Tinamotaecola species will be found in that country.