Philippimyia cyanocephalus ( Philippi, 1865 )

Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Riera, Pamela, Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura, Guzmán, Vicente Valdés & Henríquez-Piskulich, Patricia, 2021, Updating the knowledge of the flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Chile: Illustrated catalog, extinction risk and biological notes, Zootaxa 4959 (1), pp. 1-178 : 54-55

Philippimyia cyanocephalus ( Philippi, 1865)

Figs 71–73

Sterphus cyanocephalus Philippi, 1865: 738

Type locality and data. “ Santiago, Chile ” (T, A, MNHNCL) .

Material examined. Valparaíso: 1♂, Colliguay , 19.I.1963, Leg. Cerda ( MNHNCL) ; 1♀, El Salto, XII.1969, Leg. Hichins ( MNHNCL) ; 1♀, Perales , II.1928, Leg. A. Pirión ( CNC) ; 1♀, Miraflores , II.1954, Leg. NN ( IEUMCE) ; 1♂, Quintero , no date, Leg. M. Etcheverry ( IEUMCE) ; Metropolitana : 1♀, Las Condes , 12.I.1966, Leg. V. Pérez ( MNHNCL) ; 1♂, El Volcán, 10.I.1964, Leg. Montes ( IEUMCE) ; 1♀, La Obra , no date, Leg. M. Echeverry ( IEUMCE) ; 2♂, 1♀, Quebrada de la Plata, Maipú , 22.III. 1967, Leh. N. Hichins ( MEUC) ; O’Higgins: 1♂, Quebrada San Gerónimo , no date, Leg. NN ( IEUMCE) ; 1♀, Pangal , no date, Leg. NN ( IEUMCE) ; Maule: 1♀, Fundo el Roble, 19.I.1968. Leg. L.E. Peña ( MEUC) ; 1♀, Los Cipreces , 14.I.1968, Leg. L.E. Peña ( MEUC) ; Ñuble : 1♂, Los Lleuques , 07.I.1992, Leg. NN ( MNHNCL) ; La Araucanía: 1♀, El Manzanar, 17.I.1966, Leg. Wagenknecht ( MZUC) ; 1♀, Contulmo , no date, Leg. M. Etcheverry ( IEUMCE) ; 1♂, Angol , 1946 m, Leg. Coquerell ( IEUMCE) ; Los Ríos: 1♂, Fundo Caupolican, Valdivia , 13.XII.1962, Leg. Krahmer ( MNHNCL) ; 1♂, 1♀, Santo Domingo, Valdivia , 25.XI.1990, Leg. E. Krahmer ( UACH) ; Los Lagos: 1♂, Pucatrihue , 20.I.1967, Leg. M. E. Irwin ( CNC) ; 1♀, Dalcahue , 22.I.1962, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) .

References. Philippi, 1865: 738 (desc.); Williston, 1886: 322 (cat.); Reed, 1888: 300 (cat.); Kertész, 1910: 308 (cat.); Shannon, 1926: 46 (key & desc.); Shannon, 1927: 5 (key); Shannon & Aubertin, 1933: 158 (desc.); Stuardo, 1946: 128 (cat.); Hull, 1949b: 374 (key & desc.); Fluke, 1957: 112 (cat.); Etcheverry, 1963: 66 (cat.); Thompson, 1972b: 163, fig. 67 (male genitalia), 67a (aedeagus and apodeme), 67e (ejaculatory apodeme), 67s (sternum), 67t (tergum) ( Milesiinae rev.); Thompson, 1973: 191 (key); Thompson et al., 1976: 119 (cat.); Thompson, 1999a: 334 (key); Camousseight, 2005: 93 (cat.).

World distribution. Chile.

Chilean distribution. From Valparaíso to Los Lagos region ( Fig. 79 ).

Altitudinal range. From coastal to precordillera ecosystems (10– 1,000 m.a.s.l.).

Biology and notes. Philippimyia cyanocephalus is a species associated with native forests. The first live record was observed recently in the exotic shrub R. ulmifolius (Ricardo Varela, CSP record, Fig. 73 ). Other biological and ecological aspects of this species are unknown.

Conservation status. LC; EOO = 128,991 km 2; AOO = 88 km 2 and 20 localities (or subpopulations).

Figures

FIGURE 79. Distribution map of Flukea vockerothi Etcheverry, 1966 (black circles); Hemixylota unicolor Shannon & Aubertin, 1933 (green circles); Pia cyanea Philippi, 1865 (red circles) and Philippimyia cyanocephalus (Philippi, 1865) (blue circles) in Chile.

FIGURES 71–73. Philippimyia cyanocephalus (Philippi, 1865): (71) lateral view (Photo by Patricia Henríquez); (72) dorsal view (Photo by Vicente Valdés) and (73) in situ feeding on Rubus ulmifolius Schott in Oken (Photo by Ricardo Varela). Scale bars = 1 mm.