Spalacopus cyanus (Molina, 1782) . Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chile, p. 300.

TYPE LOCALITY: Chile, Valparaiso Prov .

DISTRIBUTION: Chile, west of the Andes between 27° and 36°S.

STATUS: Locally common, very fossorial.

SYNONYMS: ater, maulinus, noctivagus, poeppigii, tabanus.

COMMENTS: Includes tabanus (Cabrera, 1961:517; Corbet and Hill, 1991:203). Chromosome no. is 2n = 58.