Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of Chile
Authors: O'Hara James E. , Wood D. Monty , González Christian R. 
Published: October 2021

The Tachinidae (Diptera) of Chile are catalogued and information is given on distributions, name-bearing types, synonyms, nomenclatural issues, and pertinent literature. The history of tachinid collectors in Chile and authors who have contributed to the systematic knowledge of Chilean tachinids is extensively reviewed. The classification has been updated and 122 genera and 264 species are recognised in Chile. There is a significant amount of endemism with 28 genera and 100 species known only from Chile. There are also 113 species with distributions shared only between Chile and Argentina, particularly in the southern portions of these countries comprising Patagonia.The catalogue is based on examination of the original descriptions of all nominal species and all other references known to us containing relevant taxonomic and distributional information, for a total of approximately 450 references. Many of the name-bearing types and other Chilean specimens housed in collections were examined. Taxa are arranged hierarchically and alphabetically under the categories of subfamily, tribe, genus, subgenus (where recognised), and species. Nomenclatural information is provided for genus-group and species-group names, including lists of synonyms (mostly restricted to Neotropical taxa) and name-bearing type data. Species distributions are recorded by country within the New World and by larger geographical divisions in the Old World. Additional information is given in the form of notes and references under valid names at the level of tribe, genus, and species. Two genera are newly recorded from Chile:ChaetoepalpusVimmer &amp; Soukup, 1940 (Tachinini) (also newly recorded from Argentina) andPatelloaTownsend, 1916 (Goniini). Four species are newly recorded from Chile or other countries:Lypha ornataAldrich, 1934 (Chile);Chaetoepalpus coquilletiVimmer &amp; Soukup, 1940 (Argentina and Chile);Phytomyptera evanescens(Cortés, 1967) (Argentina); andXanthobasis unicolorAldrich, 1934 (Chile). Eight species previously recorded from Chile are deemed to have been misidentified or misrecorded from Chile (known distributions in parentheses):Archytas incertus(Macquart, 1851) (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay);Archytas seminiger(Wiedemann, 1830) (Brazil, Colombia);Gonia crassicornis(Fabricius, 1794) (Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Middle America, West Indies, Nearctic);Lespesia andina(Bigot, 1888) (Cuba);Lespesia archippivora(Riley, 1871) (widespread Nearctic and most of Neotropical);Neoethilla ignobilis(van der Wulp, 1890) (Mexico, United States); Siphona (Siphona) geniculata (De Geer, 1776) (Palaearctic, Nearctic [introduced]); andWinthemia quadripustulata(Fabricius, 1794) (Palaearctic, Nearctic, Oriental]. As First Reviser we fixParatheresia rufiventrisTownsend, 1929 as the senior homonym andSarcoprosena rufiventrisTownsend, 1929 as the junior homonym when the two are placed together inBillaeaRobineau-Desvoidy, 1830; and we fixMayophorinia angustaTownsend, 1927 as the senior homonym andMetarrhinomyia angustaTownsend, 1927 as the junior homonym when the two are placed together inMyiopharusBrauer &amp; Bergenstamm, 1889. New replacement names are proposed for eight preoccupied names of Neotropical species (country of type locality in parentheses):Billaea rufescensO’Hara &amp; Wood forSarcoprosena rufiventrisTownsend, 1929, preoccupied in the genusBillaeaRobineau-Desvoidy, 1830 byParatheresia rufiventrisTownsend, 1929 (Peru),nom. nov.;Billaea triquetrusO’Hara &amp; Wood forSarcoprosena trianguliferaTownsend, 1927, preoccupied in the genusBillaeaRobineau-Desvoidy, 1830 byDexia trianguliferaZetterstedt, 1844 (Peru),nom. nov.;Eucelatoria nudioculataO’Hara &amp; Wood forEucelatorioidea nigripalpisThompson, 1968, preoccupied in the genusEucelatoriaTownsend, 1909 byChetolyga nigripalpisBigot, 1889 (Trinidad),nom. nov.;Eucelatoria oblongaO’Hara &amp; Wood forUrodexodes elongatumCortés &amp; Campos, 1974, preoccupied in the genusEucelatoriaTownsend, 1909 byExorista elongatavan der Wulp, 1890 (Chile),nom. nov.;Lespesia thompsoniO’Hara &amp; Wood forSturmiopsoidea obscuraThompson, 1966, preoccupied in the genusLespesiaRobineau-Desvoidy, 1863 byEurigaster obscurusBigot, 1857 (Cuba),nom. nov.;Myiopharus charapensisO’Hara &amp; Wood forMetarrhinomyia angustaTownsend, 1927, preoccupied in the genusMyiopharusBrauer &amp; Bergenstamm, 1889 byMayophorinia angustaTownsend, 1927 (Peru),nom. nov.;Myiopharus incognitusO’Hara &amp; Wood forStenochaeta claripalpisThompson, 1968, preoccupied in the genusMyiopharusBrauer &amp; Bergenstamm, 1889 byNeoxynopsoidea claripalpisThompson, 1968 (Trinidad),nom. nov.; andMyiopharus rufopalpusO’Hara &amp; Wood forParalispe palpalisTownsend, 1929, preoccupied in the genusMyiopharusBrauer &amp; Bergenstamm, 1889 byMyioxynops palpalisTownsend, 1927 (Peru),nom. nov.New type species fixations are made under the provisions of Article 70.3.2 of the ICZNCodefor three genus-group names:ParafabriciaBrauer &amp; Bergenstamm, 1894 (synonym ofArchytasJaennicke, 1867), type species newly fixed asParafabricia perplexaTownsend, 1931;TachinodesBrauer &amp; Bergenstamm, 1889 (synonym ofArchytasJaennicke, 1867), type species newly fixed asJurinia metallicaRobineau-Desvoidy, 1830; andWillistoniaBrauer &amp; Bergenstamm, 1889 (synonym ofBelvosiaRobineau-Desvoidy, 1830), type species newly fixed asWillistonia aldrichiTownsend, 1931. Lectotypes are designated for the following four nominal species, all described or possibly described from Chile:Echinomyia pygmaeaMacquart, 1851 (a valid name in the genusPeleteriaRobineau-Desvoidy, 1830);Gonia chilensisMacquart, 1844 (a junior synonym ofGonia pallensWiedemann, 1830);Masicera auricepsMacquart, 1844 (a valid name in the genusLespesiaRobineau-Desvoidy, 1863); andProsopochoeta nitidiventrisMacquart, 1851 (a valid name in the genusProsopochaetaMacquart, 1851). The following 27 new or revived combinations are proposed (distributions in parentheses):Blepharipeza andinaBigot, 1888 is moved toLespesiaRobineau-Desvoidy, 1863 asL. andina,nomen dubium(Cuba),comb. nov.;Camposodes evanescensCortés, 1967 is moved toPhytomypteraRondani, 1845 asP. evanescens(Argentina, Chile),comb. nov.;Ectophasiopsis ypirangaDios &amp; Nihei, 2017 is moved to Trichopoda Berthold, 1827 and assigned to subgenus Galactomyia Townsend, 1908 as T. (G.) ypiranga (Argentina, Brazil),comb. nov.;Embiomyia australisAldrich, 1934 is moved toSteleoneuraStein, 1924 asS. australis(Argentina, Chile),comb. nov.;Eurigaster modestusBigot, 1857 is moved toLespesiaasL. modesta(Cuba),comb. nov.;Eurigaster obscurusBigot, 1857 is moved toLespesiaasL. obscura(Cuba),comb. nov.;Macropatelloa tanumeanaTownsend, 1931 is moved toPatelloaTownsend, 1916 asP. tanumeana(Argentina, Chile),comb. nov.;Masicera insignisvan der Wulp, 1882 is moved toDrinoRobineau-Desvoidy, 1863 asD. insignis(Argentina, Chile),comb. nov.;Parasetigena hichinsiCortés, 1967 is moved toChetogenaRondani, 1856 asC. hichinsi(Chile),comb. nov.;Parasetigena porteriBrèthes, 1920 and junior synonymStomatotachina splendidaTownsend, 1931 are moved toChetogenaasC. porteri(Chile), bothcomb. nov.;Phorocera calyptrataAldrich, 1934 is moved toAdmontiaBrauer &amp; Bergenstamm, 1889 asA. calyptrata(Argentina, Chile),comb. nov.;Poliops auratusCampos, 1953 is moved toAdmontiaBrauer &amp; Bergenstamm, 1889 asA. aurata(Chile),comb. nov.;Poliops striatusAldrich, 1934 is moved toAdmontiaasA. striata(Argentina, Chile),comb. nov.;Ruiziella frontosaCortés, 1951 is moved toChaetoepalpusVimmer &amp; Soukup, 1940 and placed in synonymy withC. coquilletiVimmer &amp; Soukup, 1940 (Argentina, Chile, Peru),comb. nov.;Ruiziella luctuosaCortés, 1951 is moved toChaetoepalpusasC. luctuosus(Argentina, Chile),comb. nov.;Sarcoprosena luteolaCortés &amp; Campos, 1974 is moved toBillaeaRobineau-Desvoidy, 1830 asB. luteola(Chile),comb. nov.;Sarcoprosena rufiventrisTownsend, 1929 is moved toBillaeawhere it is a junior secondary homonym and is renamedB. rufescensO’Hara &amp; Wood (Peru),comb. nov.;Sarcoprosena trianguliferaTownsend, 1927 is moved toBillaeawhere it is a junior secondary homonym and is renamedB. triquetrusO’Hara &amp; Wood (Peru),comb. nov.;Saundersia aureaGiglio-Tos, 1893 is moved to “Unplaced species of Tachinini” (Mexico),comb. nov.;Schistostephana aurifronsTownsend, 1919 is moved toBillaeaasB. aurifrons(Peru),comb. nov.;Siphoactia charapensisTownsend, 1927 is moved toClausicellaRondani, 1856 asC. charapensis(Peru),comb. nov.;Siphoactia peregrinaCortés &amp; Campos, 1971 is moved toClausicellaas C.peregrina(Chile),comb. nov.;Sturmia festivaCortés, 1944 is moved toDrinoasD. festiva(Argentina, Chile),comb. nov.;Sturmiopsoidea obscuraThompson, 1966 is moved toLespesiaRobineau-Desvoidy, 1863, where it is a junior secondary homonym and is renamedL. thompsoniO’Hara &amp; Wood (Trinidad),comb. nov.;Trichopoda arcuataBigot, 1876 is returned toTrichopodafrom Ectophasiopsis Townsend, 1915 and assigned to subgenus Galactomyia (Argentina, Chile),comb. revived; andTrichopoda gradataWiedemann, 1830 is returned toTrichopodafromEctophasiopsisand assigned to subgenus Galactomyia (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay),comb. revived.New or revived generic and specific synonymies are proposed for the following 14 names:CamposodesCortés, 1967 withPhytomypteraRondani, 1845,syn. nov.;EctophasiopsisTownsend, 1915 with Trichopoda Berthold, 1827, subgenus Galactomyia Townsend, 1908,syn. nov.;EmbiomyiaAldrich, 1934 withSteleoneuraStein, 1924,syn. nov.;Fabricia andicolaBigot, 1888 withPeleteria robusta(Wiedemann, 1830),syn. revived;MacropatelloaTownsend, 1931 withPatelloaTownsend, 1916,syn. nov.;Peleteria incaCurran, 1925 withPeleteria robusta(Wiedemann, 1830),syn. revived;PoliopsAldrich, 1934 withAdmontiaBrauer &amp; Bergenstamm, 1889,syn. nov.;RuiziellaCortés, 1951 withChaetoepalpusVimmer &amp; Soukup, 1940,syn. nov.;Ruiziella frontosaCortés, 1951 withChaetoepalpus coquilletiVimmer &amp; Soukup, 1940,syn. nov.;SarcoprosenaTownsend, 1927 withBillaeaRobineau-Desvoidy, 1830,syn. nov.;SchistostephanaTownsend, 1919 withBillaea,syn. nov.;SiphoactiaTownsend, 1927 withClausicellaRondani, 1856,syn. nov.;StomatotachinaTownsend, 1931 withChetogenaRondani, 1856,syn. nov.; andSturmiopsoideaThompson, 1966 withLespesiaRobineau-Desvoidy, 1863,syn. nov.