Tetanocera costalis, (Walker), 1837

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 : 271

costalis (Walker), 1837

Tetanocera costalis Walker, 1837: 359 .

Holotype. unspecified sex ( NHMUK), Chile, Magallanes Port Famine.

Distribution. Argentina: Rio Negro Province (San Carlos de Bariloche). Chile: Región de Atacama: Copiapó Province (Vegas de San Andrés), Huasco Province (Canto del Agua); Región de Valparaíso: Valparaíso Province (Piedra Agujereada: Islas Juan Fernández); Región Metropolitana de Santiago: Chacabuco Province (Caleu), Santiago Province (Santiago), Cordillera Province (Baños Morales); Región de Los Lagos: Llanquihue Province (Casa Pangue); Región de Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena: Última Esperanza Province (El Ganso, Cueva del Milodón, Isla Navarino), Magallanes Province (Punta Arenas), Antártica Chilena Province (Puerto Williams).

References. Brèthes 1908: 300 (catalog); Malloch 1933: 312–313 (redescription); Edwards, in Malloch 1933: 312 (footnote regarding morphology); Stuardo 1946: 151 (catalog); Kaczynski et al. 1969: 574, 575 (figs. 4, 8 male postabdomen); 577 (redescription, key); 579 (fig. 10 geographic distribution); Knutson et al. 1976: 11 (catalog); Marinoni 1995: 140 (list); Knutson & Vala 2011: 39 (biology), 364 (geographic distribution), 456 (table 21.1 world checklist).

Remarks. G.C. Steyskal examined the holotype ( Steyskal 1966: 446).