Palpada elegans ( Blanchard, 1852 )

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 : 46-47

Palpada elegans ( Blanchard, 1852)

Figs 58–59

Eristalis elegans Blanchard, 1852: 406

Eristalis philippi Schiner, 1868: 363

Type locality and data. “ Coquimbo, Chile ” (T, A, MNHNP) .

Material examined. Coquimbo: 1♂, Illapel , 320m, 09.IV.1971, Leg. P. Ramírez F. ( MZUC) ; 2♀, Divisadero, Punitaqui , 5–18.I.1968, Leg. L.W. Alfaro ( MEUC) ; Valparaíso: 1♂, Mantagua , 43m, 13.I.1967, Leg. D. Lanfranco ( MNHNCL) ; 1♂, Viña del Mar , 9.I.1983, Leg. M. Pino ( UACH) ; 1♂, Malvilla , 2.I.1948, Leg. L.E. Peña ( INIA) ; 1♂, Los Andes, Río Blanco , 29-31.III.1954, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; Metropolitana : 1♂, 1♀, Pudahuel , 29.I.1959, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; 3♀, Quebrada de la Plata, Rinconada de Maipú , 27.II.1987, Leg. N. Hichins ( MEUC) ; 4♀, Maipú , 11.IV.1960, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; 1♂, Quebrada de Macul , 01.IX.1963, Leg. NN ( MNHNCL) ; 1♀, Peñalolen , XII.1953, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; 7♂, 3♀, Laguna Aculeo , 3.XI.1959, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; O’Higgins: 1♂, Peumo , I.1953, Leg. E.O.B. ( MZUC) ; 1♀, Nancagua , XII.1944, Leg. L.E. Peña ( INIA) ; 2♂, 1♀, La Rosa , 16.III.1954, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; Maule: 1♀, Panemavida , IV.1954, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; 1♂, 1♀, Cubillo , 25.I.1965, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; 1♂, Linares , XII.1952, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; 12♂, 6♀, El Coigo, 1.II.1960, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; 1♂, Iloca, Curicó , 08.XII.1969, col. G. Gaulthier ( MZUC) ; 6♂, 6♀, Fundo Malcho , I.1957, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; 4♂, Villa Alegre , 5.XII.1960, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; 2♂, 1♀, Los Cipreces , 14.I.1968, Leg. L.E. Peña ( MEUC) ; 1♂, Tregualemu , 12.XII.1953, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; Ñuble : 1♂, Recinto , 3.IV.1954, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; 1♂, Baquedano, Yungay , 06.IX.1957, Leg. Aguilar ( MZUC) ; 1♀, Coelemu , 01.V.1956, Leg. L. Longeri ( MZUC) ; Biobío: 2♀, Los Angeles , 12.I.1957, Leg. J . Artigas ( MZUC) ; 1♀, Dichato , 20.XII.1953, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; 1♀, Penco , 6.XI.1956, Leg. Figil ( MZUC) ; 1♂, 1♀, Concepción, 18.II.1966, Leg. Mendéz ( MZUC) ; 2♀, Lenga , 01.01.197 0, Leg. Angulo ( MZUC) ; 1♂, Caramávida , 25–31.XII.1953, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; 3♂, Peillem-Pilli , 14.I.1954, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; 2♂, 2♀, Pichinahuel , 30.I.1954, Leg. L. Peña ( CNC) ; La Araucanía: 1♂, Angol , 20.III.1957, Leg. Parada ( MZUC) ; 1♀, Collipulli , 10.II.1967, Leg. Mendéz ( MZUC) ; Los Ríos: 2♂, 4♀, Santo Domingo, Valdivia , 22.I.1989, Leg. E. Krahmer ( UACH) ; 1♀, Valdivia , 8.I.1984, Leg. E. Krahmer ( UACH) ; 1♂, 1♀, Valdivia , 19.IX.1980, Leg. R. Rebolledo ( PCRR) ; Los Lagos: 1♂, Lago Chapo , 15.XII.1964, Leg. Hichins ( MNHNCL) ; 1♂, Contao, Llanquihue , 22.XI.1966, J. Silva ( MNHNCL) ; 2♂, 2♀, Caulín, Chacao, Chiloé , 16.II.2016. Leg. C. Smith-Ramírez ( CSD) ; 2♂, 3♀, Senda Darwin Biological Station , 13.I.2017, Leg. Rodrigo Barahona-Segovia ( PCRBS) .

References. Blanchard, 1852: 406 (desc.); Schiner, 1868: 363 (desc.); Williston, 1886: 318 (cat.); Reed, 1888: 298 (cat.); Kertész, 1910: 230 (cat.); Hull, 1925a: 26 (desc.); Shannon & Aubertin, 1933: 162 (cat.); Stuardo, 1946: 128 (cat.); Fluke, 1957: 134 (cat.); Etcheverry, 1963: 38 (cat.); Etcheverry, 1970: 95 (cat.); Thompson et al., 1976: 105 (cat.); Lagrange, 1990b: 22, fig. 77–83 (desc.); Smith-Ramírez et al., 2005: 412 (pollinator study); Smith- Ramírez et al., 2014: 6 (ecological study, supplementary material); Montoya, 2016: 496 (cat.).

World distribution. Argentina and Chile.

Chilean distribution. From Coquimbo to Los Lagos region ( Fig. 65 ).

Altitudinal range. From coastal to highland ecosystems (5– 3,000 m.a.s.l.).

Biology and notes. Palpada elegans is a generalist species associated with disturbed and native ecosystems. According to Smith-Ramírez et al. (2005) P. elegans visits flowers of A. luma , A. altenifolia , E. cordifolia , M. ovata var. ovata , M. planipes , Rhaphithamnus spinosus (Juss.) Moldenke and T. stipularis ( Smith-Ramírez et al., 2005) . Others records have been made it visiting Achillea millfolium L. (Ricardo Huenuanca, CSP record); Baccharis sp. (Matías Cortés, CSP record); Haplopappus foliosus (Hook. & Arn.) Hook. & Arn. (Tabatha Carrera, CSP records) and Mentha sp. (Tity Rodríguez, CSP record),

Conservation status. LC; EOO = 161,994 km 2; AOO = 104 km 2, 24 subpopulations and 25 localities.

Figures

FIGURE 65. Distribution map of Palpada chilena (Rondani, 1863) (blue circles); Palpada elegans (Blanchard, 1852) (red circles); Palpada meigenii (Wiedemann, 1830) (black circles); Palpada nigripes (Wiedemann, 1830) (pink circles); Palpada rufiventris (Macquart, 1846) (green circles), and Palpada vinetorum (Fabricius, 1799) (yellow circles) in Chile.

FIGURE 56–61. Palpada chilena (Rondani, 1863): (56) male visiting a Lantara camara L., Santiago (photo by Orlando Montes); (57) female resting in a leave, Pucón (Photo by Miguel Mellado). Palpada elegans (Blanchard, 1852): (58) female visiting a Trifolium sp., Santiago (photo by Matías Cortés); (59) male visiting an Asteraceae, Lago Lanalhue (photo by Edgardo Flores). Palpada meigenii (Wiedemann, 1830): (60) males visiting Foeniculum vulgare Mill., Biobío river (photo by Orlando Montes); (61) female resting, Puerto Montt (photo by Matías Cortés).