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: 101

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).

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].