Pelecorhynchus elegans ( Philippi, 1865 )

Elgueta, Mario, 2020, A catalog of Pelecorhynchidae (Diptera: Tabanomorpha) from Chile, Zootaxa 4809 (1), pp. 156-164 : 158-159

Pelecorhynchus elegans ( Philippi, 1865)

Coenura elegans Philippi, 1865: 727 .

= Coenura albopunctata Schiner, 1868: 77 . Type: male, Chile (NMW). Refs.: Röder, 1889: 10 (cat., as Coenura ); Hunter, 1901: 133 (cat., as Coenura ); Kertész, 1908: 148 (cat., as Coenura ); Enderlein, 1925: 262 (list); Kröber, 1930a: 153 (as Coenura ); Kröber, 1930b: 114 (in key), 116 (as Coenra); Kröber, 1934: 232 (cat., as Coenura ); Mackerras & Fuller, 1942: 73 (syn. of P. elegans ); Philip, 1968a: 15 (syn. of P. elegans , as C. albonotatus in error); Pino, 1969: 7 (list, as syn. of P. elegans var. biguttatus in error).

Holotype: sex not indicated in original description, Llico (fragments in MNNC). Dist.: Región de Valparaíso: Los Andes Province (Río Blanco), Valparaíso Province (Bosque de Quintero, Las Palmas, Mantagua); Región Metropolitana: Chacabuco Province (Rungue), Cordillera Province (La Obra); Región de O’Higgins: Cachapoal Province (Candelaria); Región del Maule: Curicó Province (Llico); Talca Province ( Río Claro Las Mercedes ), Cauquenes Province (Cauquenes), Linares Province (Linares); Región de Ñuble : Diguillín Province (Chillán, Las Trancas, Piedras Comadres); Región del Biobío: Concepción Province (Chome, Concepción, Coronel, Playa El Burro), Arauco Province (Contulmo, Parque de Lota ), Biobío Province (Huingán at SE San Carlos de Purén , Los Ángeles); Región de La Araucanía: Malleco Province (Angol, Liucura, PN Nahuelbuta, PN Nahuelbuta Cabrería, PN Nahuelbuta Pehuenco); Región de Los Lagos: Chiloé Province (without precise locality), Palena Province ( Río Blanco ).

Refs.: Gerstaecker, 1867: 412 (com.); Schiner, 1868: 77 (des., in Coenomyidae); Reed, 1888: 284 (cat., as Coenura ); Röder, 1889: 10 (in key); Hunter, 1901: 133 (cat., as Coenura ); Kertész, 1908: 148 (cat., as Coenura ); Enderlein, 1925: 262 (list, as Coenura ); Gazulla & Ruiz, 1929: 292 (com.); Kröber, 1930a: 156 (as Coenura ); Kröber, 1930b: 114 (in key), 116 (as Coenura ); Kröber, 1934: 232 (cat., as Coenura ); Mackerras & Fuller, 1942: 72 (male terminalia), 73 (com.); Stuardo, 1946: 67 (cat.); Philip, 1968a: 15 (Philippi’s type); Philip, 1968b: 2 (cat.); Pino, 1969: 6 (list); Nagatomi & Soroida, 1985: 280 (com. mouthparts); Camousseight, 2005: 93 (list); González & Coscarón, 2005: 363 (list); Coscarón & Papavero, 2009: 5 (cat.); Carmo & Santos, 2011: 466 (dist.); Llanos et al., 2015: 193 (redes.).

Comments: Llanos et al. (2015) mention, in error, a double synonym for P. albopunctata and P. darwini , under P. biguttatus and P. elegans , which is corrected here.