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Palpada rufiventris

Description

Palpada rufiventris (Macquart, 1846: 257)

Fig. 62

Eristalis rufiventris Macquart, 1846: 257

Eristalis praeclarus Giglio-Tos, 1892b: 5

Type locality and data. Brazil (T, ♀, NMW).

Material examined. Arica y Parinacota: 1♀, Azapa Lab, 3.II.1964, Leg. R. Cortés (UTA).

References. Kertész, 1910: 233 (cat.); Thompson et al., 1976: 108 (cat.); Lagrange 1990b: 26 (key & desc.).

World distribution. Colombia, Suriname, Brazil, Argentina and Chile.

Chilean distribution. Only recorded fom Arica y Parinacota region (Fig. 65).

Altitudinal range. This species inhabits transverse valleys between 100 and 500 m. a.s.l.

Biology and notes. Palpada rufiventris is here reported from Chile for the first time. The species inhabits the Azapa valley and it is probably associated with crops from this area. Other aspects of its biology and ecology remain unknown in Chile.

Conservation status. LC; AOO = 2 km 2 and one locality (or subpopulation). The species is widely distributed in all South America.

Notes

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 page 49, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4959.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4693464

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NMW
Event date
1964-02-03
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Palpada
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Macquart
Species
rufiventris
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1964-02-03
Taxonomic concept label
Palpada rufiventris (Macquart, 1846) sec. Barahona-Segovia, Riera, Pañinao-Monsálvez, Guzmán & Henríquez-Piskulich, 2021

References

  • Macquart, J. (1846) Dipteres exotiques nouveaux oupeuconnus. 1 e Supplement. Memoirs de la SocieteRoyale des Sciente, de l'Agriculture et des Art, de Lille, 1844, 133 - 364.
  • Kertesz, K. (1910) Catalogus dipterorum hucusque descriptorum. Vol. 7. G. Engelmann Budapestini, 470 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 5141
  • Thompson, F. C, Vockeroth, J. R. & Sedman, Y. S. (1976) Family Syrphidae. In: Papavero, N. (Ed.), A catalog of the Diptera of the Americas south of the United States. Edanee, Sao Paulo, pp. 1 - 195. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 49898
  • Lagrange, E. B. (1990 b) Revision de las especies argentinas del grupo agrorum del genero Palpada Macquart, 1834 (Diptera, Syrphidae). Revista de la Asociacion de Ciencias Naturales del Litoral, 21, 3 - 40. https: // doi. org / 10.14409 / natura. v 1 i 21.3583