Macrometopia atra Philippi 1865
Creators: name: Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M.
name: Riera, Pamela
name: Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura
name: Guzmán, Vicente Valdés
name: Henríquez-Piskulich, Patricia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Macrometopia
Macrometopia atra

description: Macrometopia atra Philippi, 1865
Figs 111–112
Macrometopia atra Philippi, 1865: 740
Type locality and data. “ Corral, Chile ” (T, A, MNHNCL).
Material examined. Coquimbo: 1♂, Cuesta Alicahue, 15–16.XI.1959, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); Valparaíso: 1♀, Llay Llay, 27.VIII.1992, Leg. R. Trincado (INIA); 1♂, Mantagua, 01.II.1975, Leg. Cerda (MNHNCL); 1♂, Leyda, II.1944, Leg. L.E. Peña (INIA); Metropolitana: 1♂, Caleu, TilTil, 28.XI.82, Leg. M. Cerda (MNHNCL); 1♂, La Dormida, 27.I.1982, Leg. P. Cerda (MNHNCL); 1♀, El Manzano, 21.IX.1965, Leg. J. Solervicens (MNHNCL); 1♀, Las Condes, no date, Leg. Ramírez (IEUMCE); 1♀, Peñalolen, no date, Leg. J. Herrera (IEUMCE); 1♂, El Canelo, no date, Leg. M. Etcheverry (IEUMCE); O’Higgins: 1♀, Las Cabras, 29.I.1955, Leg. NN (IEUMCE); Maule: (Sex undetermined) Estero de Leiva, 8–12.I.1953, Leg. Barros-L. Peña (CNC); 1♀, Buchen, 8–9.I.1960, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); (Sex undetermined) El Radal, 26.XI.1957, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); 2♀, Fundo Malcho, I.1957, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); (Sex undetermined) Río Achibueno, Linares, 16–19.I.1957, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); (Sex undetermined) Curanipe, 4.XII.1953, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); Ñuble: 1♂, Laguna Las Truchas, 17–21.I.1992, Leg. G. Moreno (MNHNCL); 1♀, Puentes Comadres, 31.I.1991, Leg. S. Roitman (MNHNCL); 1♀, Las Trancas, I.1967, Leg. L. Peña (MNHNCL); Biobío: 1♀, Cordillera Pemehue, 1365 m, 20–31.I.1941, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); 1♂, 1♀, Pichinahuel, 10–20.I.1959, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); La Araucanía: 1♂, El Manzanar, 17.I.1966, Leg. Wagenknecht (MZUC); (Sex undetermined) Angol, 01.XII.1966, Leg. Bullock (IEUMCE); 1♂, 3♀, Tolhuaca, 15.I.1959, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); (Sex undetermined) Termas de Palguin, 12.II.1966, Leg. J. Herrera (IEUMCE); Los Ríos: 1♂, Pichoy, 12.I.1972, Leg. E. Krahmer (UACH); 1♀, Quechuco, 3.III.1977, Leg. E. Krahmer (UACH); 1♀, Valdivia, 3.I.1989, Leg. Krahmer (MNHNCL); 1♀, Santo Domingo, 21.XI.1976, Leg. E. Krahmer (UACH); Los Lagos: 1♂, 1♀, Estación biológica Senda Darwin, km14, Chiloé, 13.I.2017, Leg. Rodrigo Barahona-Segovia (PCRBS).
References. Philippi, 1865: 740 (desc.); Williston, 1886: 322 (cat.); Reed, 1888: 300 (cat.); Kertész, 1910: 323 (key); Shannon, 1926: 50 (desc.); Shannon & Aubertin, 1933: 153 (desc.); Stuardo, 1946: 126 (cat.); Hull, 1949b: 373 (key & desc.); Fluke, 1957: 103 (cat.); Etcheverry, 1963: 51 (cat.); Thompson, 1972b: 152, fig. 9 (head, lateral, male) (Milesiinae rev.); Thompson et al., 1976: 116 (cat.); Thompson, 1999a: 347 (key); Camousseight, 2005: 93 (cat.); González & Coscarón, 2005: 347 (distr.); Smith-Ramírez et al., 2005: 412 (pollinator study).
World distribution. Argentina and Chile.
Chilean distribution. From Coquimbo to Los Lagos region (Fig. 70).
Altitudinal range. From coastal to precordillera ecosystems (5– 1,200 m.a.s.l.).
Biology and notes. Macrometopia atra is mainly associated with Mediterranean scrubland, Valdivian forests or Nothofagus forest although is it also likely to be found in open areas (R. Barahona-Segovia, pers. obs.). According to Smith-Ramírez et al. (2005), this species visits flowers of the endemic trees Eucryphia cordifolia and M. planipes in Chiloé (R. Barahona-Segovia, obs. pers.).
Conservation status. LC; EOO = 123,128 km 2, AOO = 116 km 2, 25 subpopulations and 27 localities.
Genus Sterphus Philippi, 1865
Sterphus Philippi, 1865: 737. Type-species, S. autumnalis Philippi (orig. des.) = S. coeruleus Rondani. Refs. Kertész, 1910 (cat.); Shannon, 1926: 45 (cat.); Shannon & Aubertin, 1933: 155 (desc., notes, distr. data); Hull, 1949b: 369 (desc.); Thompson, 1972b: 153–154 (Milesinae rev., desc. & synonms); Thompson, 1973: 1185–240 (phylogenetic rev, keys and taxonomic notes); Thompson, 1999a: 333–334 (key).
Crepidomyia Shannon, 1926: 47. Type-species, C. tricrepis Shannon (orig. des.) = C. jamaicensis Gmelin.
Tatuomyia Shannon, 1926: 48. Type-species, T. batesi Shannon, 1926 (orig. des.).
Senoceria Hull, 1930: 144. Type-species, S. spinifemorata Hull, 1930 (orig. des.) = Xylota coarctata Wiedemann, 1830. Stherphus Fluke, 1957: 106. Misspelling.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 1-178 in Zootaxa 4959 (1) on pages 77-78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4959.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4693464