Tetanoceroides mesopleuralis, Malloch, 1933: 316 - 318

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

mesopleuralis Malloch, 1933: 316–318

Holotype. Male ( NHMUK), Chile, Llanquihue , Peulla.

Distribution. Argentina: Río Negro Province (San Carlos de Bariloche). Chile: Región de Valparaíso: Valparaíso Province (Casablanca), Marga Marga Province (Limache); Región Metropolitana de Santiago: Santiago Province (Santiago); Región del Maule: Curicó Province (Curicó); Región de La Araucanía: Malleco Province (Angol); Región de Los Lagos: Llanquihue Province (Casa Pangue, Ensenada, Llanquihue, Peulla).

References. Malloch 1933: 315 (key); Stuardo 1946: 151 (catalog); Boyes et al. 1969: 344, 354 (cytotaxonomy); Zuska & Berg 1974: 332 (fig. 5 male postabdomen), 334 (key), 335 (fig. 15 male postabdomen), 338 (fig. 20 male postabdomen), 343 (fig. 30 male terminalia), 342–344 (redescription), 345 (fig. 35 male terminalia), 354 (fig. 55 geographic distribution); Knutson et al. 1976: 12 (catalog); Marinoni 1995: 142 (list); Marinoni & Mathis 2000: 165 (table 1 character states); 172 (fig. 23 antenna); Knutson & Vala 2011: 457 (table 21.1 world checklist).

Remarks. J. Zuska and C.O. Berg examined the holotype ( Zuska & Berg 1974: 344).