patagonensis (Macquart), 1851

Sciomyza patagonensis Macquart, 1851: 251, pl. 25, fig. 15.

Pherbellia lathraea Steyskal, 1963: 73, fig. 1. Holotype. Male (IML), Argentina, La Rioja, Patquia. Synonymized by Knutson et al. 1976: 5.

Holotype. Male (MNHN), Argentina, Río Negro, Carmen de Patagones

Distribution. Argentina: La Rioja Province (Patquia); Córdoba Province (Cosquín); Buenos Aires Province (Bahía Blanca); Río Negro Province (San Carlos de Bariloche). Brazil: Espírito Santo State (Baixo Guandu); Rio Grande do Sul State (Pelotas). Chile: Región de Valparaíso: San Antonio Province (National Reserve El Yali); Región de La Araucanía: Malleco Province (Icalma); Región de Los Lagos: Llanquihue Province (Puerto Varas, Río Pescado). Ecuador: Imbabura Province (Choucho). Peru: Lima Department (Cartario, Laguna Villa) . Uruguay: Montevideo Department (Montevideo) .

Reference s. Malloch 1933: 308 (as Pherbellia grisescens); Edwards, in Malloch 1933: 308 (footnote regarding synonymy with Pherbellia grisescens); Steyskal 1963: 121 (fig. 10 male terminalia); Boyes et al. 1969: 333, 345– 347 (cytotaxonomy); Abercrombie 1970: 7 (as Pherbellia); Knutson et al. 1976: 4–5 (catalog); Rozkošný 1987: 18 (synonymy); Marinoni 1995: 133 (list, as Pherbellia patagonensis); Knutson & Vala 2011: 267 (karyotype), 444 (table 21.1 world checklist).

Remarks. N.E. Vikhrev (Moscow, Russia) is investigating the possible synonymy of D. patagonensis with Pherbellia grisescens Meigen, 1830 .