Toxomerus incaicus Sack, 1941

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, Zootaxa 4959 (1), pp. 1-178 : 153

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Toxomerus incaicus Sack, 1941 View in CoL

Figs 212–213 View FIGURES 210–215

Toxomerus incaicus Sack, 1941: 101 View in CoL

Type locality and data. “ Querobamba , Peru ” (LT, ♂, SMT) .

Material examined. Arica y Parinacota: 1♂, Cica , 12.VI.1968, Leg. N. Hichins (UTA); 1♂, Lluta CAMPEX, IX.1967, Leg. A. Aguilera (UTA); 1♂, Cuya, Camarones, 25.II.1976, Leg. N. Hichins (UTA); 1♀, Chica, Picha, Lluta, 12.XI.1969, Leg. N. Hichins (UTA) ; Biobío: 1♂, Lajuna del Laja , 13-16.II.1957, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) .

References. Sack, 1941: 101, fig. 3 (abdomen, male) (desc.); Mengual, 2011: 146 (desc. & key); Marín-Armijos et al., 2017: 180 (cat.).

World distribution. Peru, Bolivia and Chile.

Chilean distribution. Recorded in altiplanic towns in Arica y Parinacota and from Biobío regions ( Fig. 220 View FIGURE 220 ).

Altitudinal range. From inland valleys to precordillera ecosystems (200–1000 m.a.s.l.).

Biology and notes. Toxomerus incaicus is here reported from Chile for the first time and is associated with highlands ecosystems. All basic aspects of its biology and ecology remain unknown.

Conservation status. EN under B1ab (iii) + 2ab (iii) using EOO = 4,134 km 2, AOO = 12 km 2 and 5 localities (or subpopulations).

References

Marin-Armijos, D., Quezada-Rios, N., Soto-Armijos, C. & Mengual, X. (2017) Checklist of the flower flies of Ecuador (Diptera, Syrphidae). ZooKeys, 691, 163 - 199. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 691.13328

Sack, P. (1941) Syrphidae (Dipt.). In: Titschack, E. (Eds.), Beitragezur Fauna Perus. Band 1. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 97 - 120 pp. [reprinted as Sack, P (1951) Syrphidae (Dipt.). In: Titschack, E. (Eds.), Beitragezur Fauna Perus. Band 2. Gustav Fischer, Jena, pp. 93 - 116].

Figures

FIGURE 220. Distribution map of Toxomerus species in Chile: Toxomerus calceolatus (Macquart, 1842) (green circles); Toxomerus floralis (Fabricius, 1798) (light blue circles); Toxomerus politus (violet triangle); Toxomerus productus (Curran, 1930) (yellow circles); Toxomerus schlingeri Thompson & Thompson, 2006 (blue circles); Toxomerus vertebratus (Rondani, 1863) (red triangle).

FIGURES 210–215. Toxomerus calceolatus (Macquart, 1842): (210) female visiting Baccharis sp., Cuchiñí (Photo by Matías Cortés) and (211) male, Santiago (photo by Gabriela Germain). Toxomerus incaicus Sack, 1941: (212) male, lateral view (photo by Kevin Moran, CNC) and (213) male, dorsal view (photo by Kevin Moran, CNC). Scale bars = 2 mm. Toxomerus politus (Say, 1823: (214) dorsal view (photo by Patricia Henríquez). Scale bar = 0.5 mm. Toxomerus productus (Curran, 1930): (215) dorsal view (photo by Vicente Valdés). Scale bar = 1 mm.