Apioceridae, Bigot, 1857

Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Madriz, Isaí, González, Christian R. & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2024, An update on the knowledge and general understanding of the Chilean Diptera diversity, Zootaxa 5518 (1), pp. 1-87 : 21

Apioceridae ( Fig. 38 )

The Apioceridae comprises over 143 species in a single genus, Apiocera Westwood , with four subgenera: Apiocera , Anypenus Philippi, Pyrocera Yeates & Irwin , and Ripidosyrma Hermann ( Dikow 2017). The only phylogenetic analysis for this family was proposed by Yeates & Irwin (1996). The most important contribution to the knowledge of the apiocerids in Chile was made by Artigas (1970a). For Chile, four species are reported and all of them in the subgenus Anypenus : A. aurelia Artigas, A. monticola Artigas, A. obscura (Philippi) , and A. philippii (Brèthes) .

Figures

FIGURES 38–43. Asiloidea of Chile: (38) Apiocera philippii Brèthes (Apioceridae, photo by Asiel Olivares); Asilidae: (39) Obelophorus terebratus (Macquart) (photo by Javiera Delaunoy); (40) Asilus crassus Bromley prey on Trichophthalma (photo by Antonia Cornejo); (41) Andrenosoma rufiventre (Blanchard) prey on Chrysomya albiceps (photo by Vicente Villablanca); (42) Graptostylus dolosus Hull (photo by Diego Gutiérrez), and (43) Dasycyrton gibbossus Philippi prey on Cicadellidae (photo by Kmron).