Copestylum (Lepidopsis) smithae ( Thompson, 1965 )

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 : 82

Copestylum (Lepidopsis) smithae ( Thompson, 1965)

Figs 118–119

Lepidopsis smithae Thompson, 1965: 61

Type locality and data. “ La Rioja: Mascasin , Argentina ” (HT, ♂, USNM) .

Material examined. Tarapacá: 11♂, 10♀, south Chiapa , Tarapacá Province, 23.IV.1969, Leg. L.E. Peña ( MEUC) .

References. Thompson, 1965: 61 (desc.); Thompson, 1972b: 110 ( Milesiinae rev.); Thompson et al., 1976: 84 (cat.); Whittinton, 1992: 214 (desc. Graptomyza ); Rotheray et al., 2009: 706 (desc.).

World distribution. Argentina, Bolivia and Chile.

Chilean distribution. Only recorded from Tarapacá region ( Fig. 146 ).

Altitudinal range. This species has been recorded inhabiting highland ecosystems (3,500 -3,800 m.a.s.l.).

Biology and notes. Copestylum smithae is here reported from Chile for the first time and associated with native flora from the Andes highlands ecosystems in the Puna province ( Morrone 2014). Larvae of C. smithae has been associated with Opuntia cacti by Rotheray et al. (2009).

Conservation status. DD; AOO = 2 km 2 and one locality (or subpopulation).

Subgenus Phalacromya Rondani, 1848

Figures

FIGURE 146. Distribution map of Copestylum bulbosum (Fluke, 1951) (red circles); Copestylum bolivianum (Hine, 1914) (yellow circles); Copestylum bradleyi (Curran, 1925) (blue circles); Copestylum cockerelli (Curran, 1927) (black circles); Copestylum peruvianum (Vimmer & Soukup, 1839) (green circles); Copestylum parina (Fluke, 1951) (pink circles); Copestylum smithae (Thompson, 1965) (black triangles) in Chile.

FIGURES 118–121. Copestylum smithae (Thompson, 1965): (118) lateral view and (119) dorsal view. Scale bars = 1.5 mm (photos by Vicente Valdés). Copestylum azurea (Philippi, 1865): (120) lateral view (Photo by Vicente Valdés). Scale bar = 2 mm, and (121) dorsal view (photo by Matías Barceló). Scale bar = 3 mm.