Tetanocera fulvithorax, Malloch, 1933

Murphy, William L., González, Christian R. & Elgueta, Mario, 2022, A catalog of the Sciomyzidae of Chile, with a key to genera (Diptera: Sciomyzoidea), Zootaxa 5099 (2), pp. 261-278 : 273

fulvithorax Malloch, 1933: 318–319

Holotype. Male ( NHMUK), Chile, Llanquihue, Casa Pangue.

Distribution. Argentina: Río Negro Province (San Carlos de Bariloche). Chile: Región de La Araucanía: Malleco Province (Angol, Pailahueque), Cautín Province (Loncoche); Región de Los Ríos: Valdivia Province (Loncoche 7 km SW, Río Pilmaiquen at Road 5); Región de Los Lagos: Osorno Province (Lago Llanquihue shore NE), Llanquihue Province (Casa Pangue, Ensenada 8 km W, Lago Chapo, Llanquihue, Pargua, Puerto Varas & 3 km E), Chiloé Province (Castro, Isla Mechuque).

References. Malloch 1933: 315 (key), 317 (figs. 57c–d); Stuardo 1946: 151 (catalog); Abercrombie 1970: 139–141 (biology, habitat), 245–247 (egg, larva I); Zuska & Berg 1974: 332 (figs. 1, 2 foreleg, fig. 9 male postabdomen), 333 (key), 335 (fig. 13 male postabdomen), 338 (fig. 24 male postabdomen), 338–340 (redescription), 339 (fig. 28 male terminalia), 345 (fig. 37 male terminalia), 346 (fig. 43 female terminalia), 348 (figs. 48, 50 female terminalia), 352 (fig. 54 geographic distribution), 355 (fig. 57 body coloration); Knutson et al. 1976: 12 (catalog); Marinoni 1995: 142 (list); Knutson & Vala 2011: 54 (biology), 457 (table 21.1 world checklist).

Remarks. J. Zuska and C.O. Berg examined the holotype ( Zuska & Berg 1974: 340). They wrote, “Examination of it discloses that it is a male (not a female as indicated by Malloch, 1933: 319).”