Palpada chilena
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
Palpada
Palpada chilena

description: Palpada chilena (Rondani, 1863)
Figs. 56 – 57
Eristalis lateralis Walker, 1837: 347
Eristalomya chilena Rondani, 1863: 5
Eristalis chilensis Philippi, 1865: 743
Eristalis porteri Curran, 1935: 8
Type locality and data. “ Chile ” (T, ♀, MZUN).
Material examined. Coquimbo: 2♂, 1♀, El Naranjo, Tilama, III.1967, Leg. Molina (MEUC); Valparaíso: 1♂, Mantagua, 13.I.1967, Leg. D. Lanfranco (MNHNCL); 2♀, Los Andes, Río Blanco, 14.XII.1960, Leg. N. Hichins (MEUC); Metropolitana: 1♀, Maipú, 11.IV.1960, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); 1♂, Los Maitenes, 15.X.1954, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); Maule: 6♂, 1♀, Buchen, 8.I.1960, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); 1♂, Estero Cabrera, 9.II.1961, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); 14♂, 2♀, El Coigo, 1.II.1960, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); 1♂, 1♀, Cubillo, 25.XII.1961, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); 43♂, 1♀, Fundo Malcho, XII.1956, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); 1♂, Las Cruces, X.1958, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); 43♂, La Vinilla, 5.XII.1960, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); 2♀, Villa Alegre, 5.XII.1960, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); Ñuble: 1♀, Recinto, 3.IV.1954, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); 26♂, Las Trancas, 10.II.1959, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); Bío Bío: 1♂, Concepción, 22.XI.1970, Leg. W. Boyes (CNC); 2♂, Caramavida, Arauco, 30.I.1967, Leg. L.E. Peña (MEUC); 5♂, 9♀, Peillem- Pilli, 14.I.1954, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); 127♂, 2♀, Pichinahuel, 30.I.1954, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); La Araucanía: 1♂, 1♀, Angol, 29.V.1925, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); 1♂, Laguna Galletué, 1.I.1968, Leg. L.E. Peña (MEUC); 1♂, Temuco, 30.IX.1987, Leg. R. Rebolledo (UFRO); 3♂, 7♀, Marimenuco, 10-13.XII.1959, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); Los Ríos: 2♂, 1♀, Santo Domingo, Valdivia, 5.II.1989, Leg. E. Krahmer (UACH); 1♀, Paillaco, 19.XI.1970, Leg. J. W. Boyes (CNC); Los Lagos: 1♂, 1♀, Pucatrihue, 4–21.II.1937, Leg. L. E. Peña (MEUC); 2♂, Maicolpué, 22.XII.1993, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); 1♂, Contao, Llanquihue, 22.II.1966, Leg. J. Silva (MNHNCL); 1♂, Lago Chapo, 15.XII.1964, Leg. Hichins (MNHNCL); Peulla, Casa Pangue, Puerto Varas, Ancud, Castro (Etcheverry 1963); 4♂, Ahoní, 24.XII.1993, Leg. G. & M. Wood (CNC); 1♀, Terao, 23.XII.1993, Leg. G. & M. Wood (CNC); 4♂, 3♀, Dalcahue, no date, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); 1♂, 1♀, Melinka, 28-31.I.1961, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); Aysén: 1♂, 2♀, Puerto Cisnes, 1.II.1961, Leg. L.Peña (CNC); 1♀, Rio Mañihuales, 3–6.III.1961, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); 1♂, 6♀, Rio Simpson, Coyhaique, 7–9.III.1961, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); 1♀, Puerto Ibañez, 12-15.I.1961, Leg. L. Peña (CNC); 5♂, Lago Buenos Aires, Chile Chico, 24–31.XII.1960, Leg. L. Peña (CNC).
References. Philippi, 1865: 743 (desc. as Eristalis chilensis); Rondani, 1863: 5 (desc.); Williston, 1886: 393 (cat.); Reed, 1888: 298 (cat.); Lynch Arribálzaga, 1892: 34 (cat.); Kertész, 1910: 215 (cat.); Shannon & Aubertin, 1933: 122 (desc. as Eristalis lateralis); Curran, 1935: 8 (desc.); Stuardo, 1946: 130 (cat.); Fluke, 1957: 132 (cat.); Etcheverry, 1963: 35 (cat.); Thompson et al., 1976: 104 (cat.); Lagrange, 1990b: 9, fig. 10–18 (desc. & key); Camousseight, 2005: 96 (cat.).
World distribution. Argentina and Chile.
Chilean distribution. From Coquimbo to Aysén region (Fig. 65).
Altitudinal range. From coastal to highland ecosystems (5– 3,000 m.a.s.l.).
Biology and notes. Palpada chilena is associated with exotic plants such as Lantana trifolia L. (Orlando Montes, CSP record), Ranunculus aquatilis L. (Rodrigo Barahona-Segovia pers. obs.), R. ulmifolius (Fernando González, CSP records), Chrysantemum sp. (Karina Bustamante, CSP record), and M. domestica (Vanessa Durán & Rodrigo Barahona-Segovia pers. obs.) as well as the native species E. cordifolia or M. ovata var. ovata (Cecilia Smith-Ramírez et al. 2005, 2014) and M. planipes, Amomyrtus meli (Phil.) D. Legrand & Kausel, L. sempervirens (Rodrigo Barahona-segovia, pers. obs.).
Conservation status. LC; EOO = 291,225 km 2; AOO = 120 km 2 and 30 localities (or subpopulations).
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 45-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4959.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4693464