Camptopelta Williston

Fachin, Diego Aguilar, González, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario & Hauser, Martin, 2021, A catalog of Stratiomyidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from Chile, with a new synonym and notes on the species, Zootaxa 5004 (1), pp. 1-57 : 39-41

Subgenus Camptopelta Williston

Camptopelta Williston, 1917: 23 . Type species: Camptopelta aldrichi Williston, 1917 , by monotypy.

= Nematotelus Séguy, 1926: 30 . Type species: Nemotelus nigrinus Fallén, 1817 , by monotypy. Attributed to Osten Sacken.

= Nemotelinus Enderlein, 1936: 79 . Type species: Nemotelus nigrinus Fallén, 1817 , by monotypy. Described as genus.

= Melanonemotelus Pleske in Lindner, 1937b: 107. Nomen nudum.

= Melanonemotelus Szilády, 1941: 100 . Type species: Nemotelus nigrinus Fallén, 1817 , by monotypy.

chilensis James, 1974

Nemotelus chilensis James, 1974: 9 ; 4 (in key); 20, fig. 7 (male head); 21, fig. 18 (fem. head); 22, figs. 31 (wing), and 33 (gonostylus).

Holotype: male ( CNC, type number No. 6366; see Cooper & Cumming, 1993: 49). Type locality: Chile, Santiago Province, El Noviciado. Distr. : Coquimbo Region: Choapa Province (Hacienda Illapel); Metropolitana Region: Santiago Province (El Noviciado), Cordillera Province (El Manzano).

Ref.: Woodley, 2001: 324 (cat.).

Comments. Of the 52 paratypes (35 males and 17 females) mentioned in the original description ( James 1974), 24 males and nine females are known to be deposited in the CNC collection (see Cooper & Cumming, 1993: 49) and the remaining (19) are in the WSU collection (WSU No. 277; see Zack, 1984: 26).

congruens Kertész, 1914

Nemotelus congruens Kertész, 1914: 528 ; 518 (in key); 528, fig. 59 (head).

= Nemotelus basalis Kertész, 1914: 528 ; 518 (in key); 528, fig. 58 (head). Syntypes: 2 males (HNHM, destroyed or unknown depository institution, according to Woodley, 2001: 325). Type locality: Peru, Lima and Barranca. Syn. by James (1974: 18).

= Nemotelus disjunctus Curran, 1925: 244 . Holotype: female (CUIC). Type locality: Peru, Lima, 5000 feet. Syn. by James (1974: 18).

Syntypes: 3 males (HNHM, destroyed or unknown depository institution, according to Woodley, 2001: 324). Type locality: Chile (Arica). Distr.: Arica y Parinacota Region: Arica Province (Arica, Río Lluta). Peru: Lima Department: Barranca Province (Barranca); Lima Province (Lima); Ica Department: Ica Province (Ica) (see also Lindner, 1941: 182).

Refs.: Aubertin, 1930: 94 (list, only congruens ); Lindner, 1941: 182 (distr., suppl. descr., basalis and congruens ); Lindner, 1943: 91 (list); Stuardo, 1946: 64; (cat.) James, 1973a: 26.48 (cat., basalis , congruens , and disjunctus as separate species); James, 1974: 6 (in key, only congruens ), 18 (suppl. descr., basalis and disjunctus syn. of congruens ); Woodley, 2001: 324–325 (cat.).

Comments. Besides the type locality in Peru (Lima and Barranca) and the additional specimen from Ica, this species is only known from a single place in Chile: Arica (see Kertész, 1914: 528) .

fuegensis James, 1974

Nemotelus fuegensis James, 1974: 11 ; 4 (in key).

Holotype: male ( CNC, type number No. 13518; see Cooper & Cumming, 1993: 49). Type locality: Chile, Magallanes, Tierra del Fuego, Bahía Filipe [= Felipe]. Distr.: Magallanes Region: Última Esperanza Province (4 km west of Laguna Amarga ), Tierra del Fuego Province ( Bahía Felipe ).

Ref.: Woodley, 2001: 325 (cat.).

Comments. One male paratype is known to be deposited in the CNC collection (see Cooper & Cumming, 1993: 49) and other two males are in the CAS collection. An additional male, without abdomen, is mentioned by James (1974: 11), but was not designated as paratype.

hirsutissimus James, 1974

Nemotelus hirsutissimus James, 1974: 12 ; 4 (in key); 20, fig. 10 (head); 22, fig. 36 (male term.).

Holotype: male ( CNC, type number No. 13523; see Cooper & Cumming, 1993: 49). Type locality: Chile, Antofagasta, Mucar, on Argentine border, 23º20’S, 4000–4100 m. Distr.: Antofagasta Region: El Loa Province (Lever, Mucar).

Ref.: Woodley, 2001: 325 (cat.).

Comments. Of the nine male paratypes mentioned in the original description ( James 1974), four are known to be deposited in the CNC collection (see Cooper & Cumming, 1993: 49) and the other five in the WSU collection (WSU No. 887; see Zack, 1984: 26).

magellanicus James, 1974 (paratype, Figs 82–85 )

Nemotelus magellanicus James, 1974: 10 ; 4 (in key); 20, fig. 8 (male head); 21, fig. 19 (fem. head); 22, fig. 34 (male term.).

Holotype: male ( CNC, type number No. 18047; see Cooper & Cumming, 1993: 49). Type locality: Chile, Magellanes, Laguna Amarga, Natales [= Puerto Natales], East of Mt. Payne [= Cordillera Paine]. Distr.: Aysén Region: General Carrera Province ( Chile Chico, Lago General Carrera, Puerto Ibáñez); Magallanes Region: Última Esperanza Province (Puerto Natales, Río Tres Pasos, 4 km West of Laguna Amarga), Magallanes Province (Bahia Municiones, Estrecho de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Tres Brazos), Antártica Chilena Province (N Bahía Inútil, 35 km south of Porvenir). Argentina: Río Negro Province (Bariloche) (see James, 1974: 11).

Refs.: Woodley, 2001: 326 (cat.); Pujol-Luz & Pujol-Luz, 2014: 406 (list).

Comments. Of the 42 paratypes (37 males and five females) mentioned in the original description ( James 1974), 15 males and one female are known to be deposited in the CNC collection (see Cooper & Cumming, 1993: 49) (see Figs 82–85 for one female) and other 10 (sexes not stated) are in the WSU collection (WSU No. 892; see Zack, 1984: 26). The depository institution of the remaining 16 paratypes remains unknown.

niger Bigot, 1879

Nemotelus niger Bigot, 1879: 233 .

= Nemotelus fasciatifrons Lynch Arribálzaga, 1881a: 89 . Syntype: female (MACN?). Type locality: Argentina (without precise locality). Syn. by Kertész (1914: 527).

= Nemotelus fasciatifrons Lynch Arribálzaga, 1881b: 190 . Syntype: female (MACN?). Type locality: Argentina (without precise locality). Preoccupied, primary homonym of Nemotelus fasciatifrons Lynch Arribálzaga, 1881a .

Holotype: female ( NHMUK, type number No. BMNH (E)240132). Type locality: Chile. Distr.: Valparaíso Region: Quillota Province (Quillota), Valparaíso Province (Aconcagua). Argentina: Río Negro Province (Bariloche); Paraguay (without precise locality; see Aubertin, 1930: 105).

Refs.: Lynch Arribálzaga, 1882: 130 (cat., only fasciatifrons ); Hunter, 1900: 130 (cat., niger and fasciatifrons as separate species); Kertész, 1908b: 23–24 (cat.); Kertész, 1914: 518 (in key), 526–527 (suppl. descr., fasciatifrons syn. of niger ), figs. 55 (male head), and 56 (fem. head); Aubertin, 1930: 94 (list); Lindner, 1943: 91 (list); Stuardo, 1946: 64 (cat.); James, 1973a: 26.48 (cat.); James, 1974: 1 (com.); 5 (in key); Woodley, 2001: 326 (cat.); Pujol-Luz & Pujol-Luz, 2014: 406 (list).

Comments. In Chile this species is known from the original description, a record from Quillota given by Kertész (1914: 527) and Aubertin (1930: 94), and from Aconcagua by James (1973a: 26.48), but no further information is given.

nigricornis Kertész, 1914

Nemotelus nigricornis Kertész, 1914: 527 ; 518 (in key); 527, fig. 57 (head).

Syntypes: 4 males ( HNHM, destroyed or unknown depository institution, according to Woodley, 2001: 326). Type locality: Chile, Arica. Distr.: Arica y Parinacota Region: Arica Province (Arica) .

Refs.: Aubertin, 1930: 94 (list); Lindner, 1943: 91 (list), Stuardo, 1946: 64; James, 1973a: 26.48 (cat.); James, 1974: 5 (in key); Woodley, 2001 (cat.).

vertebratus James, 1974

Nemotelus vertebratus James, 1974: 13 ; 4 (in key); 20, fig. 11 (head).

Holotype: male (Universidad de Chile = MEUC, but not in MEUC nor in UMCE; localization unknown). Type locality: Chile, Coquimbo Province, Fray Jorje [= Parque Nacional Bosque Fray Jorge], 5 km west of Pachingo , 30º27’S, 71º32’W, 550 m. Distr.: Coquimbo Region: Limarí Province (5 km W and 15 km SW of Pachingo, in Parque Nacional Bosque Fray Jorge ).

Ref.: Woodley, 2001: 328 (cat.).

Comments. Four paratypes (sexes not stated) are in the WSU collection (WSU No. 903; see Zack, 1984: 26) and another eight (sexes not stated) in the CAS collection. However, this exceeds in one the number of paratypes mentioned by James (1974: 13): 11 paratypes (nine males and two females).

Figures

FIGURES 82–88. Type specimens of Stratiomyidae. 82–85. Nemotelus magellanicus James, 1974, female, paratype [CNC]. 86–88. Parhadrestia curico Woodley, 1986, male, holotype [CNC].