Hirmoneuropsis punctipennis
Creators: name: González, Christian R.
name: Elgueta, Mario
name: Carvacho, Camila
name: Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura
name: Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Nemestrinidae
Hirmoneuropsis
Hirmoneuropsis punctipennis

description: Hirmoneuropsis punctipennis (Philippi, 1865)
(Figs. 11–12)
Hermoneura punctipennis Philippi, 1865: 660.
Holotype. Lost (not found in MNNC), Santiago and Colchagua. Neotype. Male (MCCC), Chile, Santiago, La Obra.
Distribution. Chile. Región de Atacama: Huasco Province (Carrizal Bajo). Región de Coquimbo: Elqui Province (Tres Cruces, Vicuña), Choapa Provinve (n. Huentelauquen), Limarí Province (NP Fray Jorge, Socos). Región de Valparaíso: Los Andes Province (Río Blanco), Marga Marga Province (Colliguay, Quilpué, Limache, Recreo), Petorca Province (Los Molles), Quillota Province (Cuesta El Melón, Ocoa), San Antonio Province (Qda. de Cordova, Quebrada San Jerónimo), Valparaíso Province (El Salto, Laguna Verde, Mantahua, Peñuelas, Playa Ancha, Quebrada Verde, Valparaíso). Región Metropolitana de Santiago: Chacabuco Province (Caleu, Cuesta La Dormida, Rungue), Cordillera Province (El Canelo, El Principal, El Volcán, La Obra, Lo Curro, Qda. El Purgatorio, San José de Maipo), Melipilla Province (Curacaví), Santiago Province (Cerro Manquehue - Agua del Palo, Las Condes, Lo Aguirre, Peñalolén, Quebrada de La Plata, Quebrada Macul, San Cristóbal, Villa Paulina). Región de O’Higgins: Cachapoal Province (Coya), Cardenal Caro Province (Tanumé), Colchagua Province (Las Peñas, Yaquil). Región del Maule: Curicó Province (La Jaula, NP Radal Siete Tazas), Talca Province (Las Mercedes) (Fig. 13).
References. Schiner, 1868: 109 (com., Hirmoneura); Reed, 1888: 290 (cat., Hirmoneura); Hunter, 1901: 150 (cat., Hermoneura); Kertész, 1909: 27 (cat., Hermoneura); Lichtwardt, 1910: 598-599 (fig. 5, Hirmoneura); Claude-Joseph, 1928: 126 (biol.); Bequaert, 1932: 15 (Hirmoneura); Stuardo, 1932: 75 (com., dist., biol., pl. 4, fig. 4, pl. 5, fig. 3 Hirmoneura); Stuardo, 1946: 100 (cat., Hirmoneura (Hirmoneurilla )); Papavero, 1968: 2 (cat.); Angulo, 1971: 41 (in key), 84–87 (neo. des., redes., figs. 62 (sper.), 65 (male ter.), 68 (aede.) (as Hirmoneura )); Bernardi, 1973: 247 (list, Hirmoneura); Cekalovic & Artigas, 1974: 241 (cat.); Bernardi, 1977: 241 (n. comb.); Angulo, 1987: 9 (list, Hyrmophlaeba); Camousseight, 2005: 92 (list); Papavero & Bernardi, 2009a: 5 (cat.).
Comments. Bernardi (1973: 247) cited this species as distributed in Peru and Chile (from Tarapacá to Talca). We consider this geographic distribution as erroneous, as for this species there is not any record northern to Huasco Province (Region de Atacama) in Chile, nor any other record from Peru.
Biology. This species only has been observed to feed on flowers of Quillaja saponaria Molina thanks to citizen scientists’ records.
description: Published as part of González, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario, Carvacho, Camila, Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura & Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., 2023, A catalog of Nemestrinidae (Diptera: Brachycera: Nemestrinoidea) from Chile, pp. 151-193 in Zootaxa 5360 (2) on pages 159-160, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5360.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10150116