Toxomerus productus (Curran, 1930)

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 : 154-155

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Toxomerus productus (Curran, 1930) View in CoL

Fig. 215 View FIGURES 210–215

Mesogramma productus Curran, 1930a: 5

Mesogramma triradiata Hull, 1942a: 48

Mesogramma productus Hull, 1943a: 27

Mesogramma camilla Hull, 1951: 20

Mesogramma cyrilla Hull, 1951: 9

Mesogramma vanessa Hull, 1951: 15

Type locality and data. “ Ecuador ” (HT, ♂, AMNH) .

Material examined. Arica y Parinacota: Valle de Azapa ( Etcheverry 1963) ; 2♂, Codpa, 30.I.1985, Leg. M. Cerda ( MNHNCL; MEUC) ; Tarapacá: 2♂, 1♀, Chiapa , 2950 m, 23–24.IV.1969, Leg. L.E. Peña ( MEUC) .

References. Curran, 1930a: 5 (desc.); Hull, 1943c: 27, fig. 30 (desc.); Fluke, 1956: 229 (cat.); Etcheverry, 1963: 61 (cat.); Etcheverry, 1970: 95 (cat.); Thompson et al., 1976: 54 (cat.); Thompson & Thompson, 2006: 324 (key & desc.); Borges & Couri, 2009: 50 (key & desc.); Reemer, 2010: 193 (cat. & desc.).

World distribution. Argentina, Brasil, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile.

Chilean distribution. From Arica y Parinacota to Tarapacá regions ( Fig. 220 View FIGURE 220 ).

Altitudinal range. From coastal to highland ecosystems (5–2950 m.a.s.l.).

Biology and notes. Toxomerus productus is an aphidophagous native species associated with crops and Hemiptera pests. All other aspects of its biology and ecology remain unknown.

Conservation status. LC; EOO = 86,531 km 2, AOO = 12 km 2 and three localities. This species is widely distributed in all South America.

References

Borges, Z. M. & Couri, M. S. (2009) Revision of Toxomerus Macquart, 1855 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Brazil with synonymic notes, identification key to the species and description of three new species. Zootaxa, 2179 (1), 1 - 72. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2179.1.1

Curran, C. H. (1930 a) New Diptera belonging to the Genus Mesogramma Loew (Syrphidae). American Museum Novitates, 405, 1 - 14.

Etcheverry, M. (1963) Descripciones originales, sinonimia y distribucion geografica de las especies de la familia Syrphidae (Diptera) en Chile. Publicaciones del Centro de Estudios Entomologicos, 5, 1 - 144.

Etcheverry, M. (1970) Syrphidae (Diptera) y Rhopalocera (Lepidoptera) Colectados en la Provincia de Tarapaca (Chile). Revista peruana de Entomologia, 13, 94 - 96.

Hull, F. M. (1942 a) Some new species of Baccha and Mesogramma. Revista de entomologia. Rio de Janeiro, 13, 44 - 49.

Hull, F. M. (1943 a) New species of American Syrphid flies. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 39, 48 - 53.

Hull, F. M. (1943 c) New species of Baccha and related flies. Entomological News, 54, 135 - 140.

Hull, F. M. (1951) New species of Mesogramma (Diptera: Syrphidae). American Museum Novitates, 1480, 1 - 22.

Reemer, M. (2010) A second survey of Surinam Syrphidae (Diptera): Introduction and Syrphinae. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 153, 163 - 196. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 22119434 - 900000295

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

Thompson, F. C. & Thompson, B. J. (2006) A new Toxomerus species from Chile (Diptera, Syrphidae). Studia Dipterologica, 13, 317 - 331.

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.