Acrocera Meigen, 1803: 266

Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Guzmán, Vicente Valdés, Barceló, Matías & Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura, 2020, A new spider fly (Diptera: Acroceridae: Ogcodinae: Ogcodes Latreille) from Chiloé Island’s evergreen forest and new distributional records for other spider flies in Chile, Zootaxa 4779 (1), pp. 51-64 : 57-59

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Acrocera Meigen, 1803: 266
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Genus Acrocera Meigen, 1803: 266 View in CoL View at ENA

Acrocera honorati Brèthes, 1925: 207 View in CoL , Figs. 11–12 View FIGURES 11–12

Type locality: Tomé , Chile (holotype adult, sex not specified); deposited in MACN (Pape and Thompson 2010), but presumably lost ( González et al. 2018) .

Distribution. Antofagasta: **Chiu Chiu, 2566m, 22º18’S, 68º38’W, 24.vii.1997, Leg. Arias et al. (MNHN- CL); Coquimbo: km 272 Panamericana Norte, Choapa ( González et al. 2018); Metropolitana: **El Arrayán, 10.i.2014, Leg. Rodrigo Barahona (RBSPC); Peñalolen, 16.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); El Canelo (Stuardo 1980); El Alfalfal, 23.xi.1967, Leg. NN (MNHNCL); San Bernardo, 16.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); Calera de Tango, 19.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); Maria Pinto, 14.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHN- CL); Bollenar, 14.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); Peñaflor, 14.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); El Monte, 14.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); Padre Hurtado, 14.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); El Carmen Alto, Melipilla, 14.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); Colonias Alemanas, Talagante, 14.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); Laguna Aculeo, 16.xi.2001, Leg. J. Mondaca (MNHNCL); Maule: Talca, 23.x.1994, Leg. T. Witterheim (MNHNCL); Biobío: Tomé, Concepción ( Brèthes 1925); Araucanía: **Parcela Flor del Lago, 39º12.367’S, 72º67.8’ W, 1.xi.2003, Leg. Arias et al. (MNHNCL); Los Ríos: **Pichoy, 19.i.1992, Leg. E. Krahmer (UACH); **Santo Domingo, 5.ii.1997, Leg. E. Krahmer (UACH) ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 ).

Remarks: we extend the known species distribution to 1,058 km northeast from Huentelauquen in the Coquimbo region to Chiu Chiu in the Antofagasta region, and 356 km south from Tomé, Biobío region (type locality) to Santo Domingo, Valdivia in the Los Ríos region. Spider host unknown.

Brethes, J. (1925) Coleopteres et dipteres Chiliens. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 29, 198 - 208.

Gonzalez, C. R., Elgueta, M. & Ramirez, F. (2018) A catalog of Acroceridae (Diptera) from Chile. Zootaxa, 4374 (3), 427 - 440. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4374.3.6

Schlinger, E. I. (1953) A new Chilean species of Ogcodes Latreille (Diptera: Acroceridae). Wasmann Journal of Biology, 11, 319 - 321.

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FIGURE 13. Distributional map of Acrocera honorati (Meigen, 1830) in Chile.

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FIGURES 11–12. Acrocera honorati (Meigen, 1830): (10) male, lateral view; (11) male, dorsal view.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Acroceridae

SubFamily

Acrocerinae