Trichophthalma (Eurygastromyia) tigrina Angulo, 1971: 144–145

González, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario, Carvacho, Camila, Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura & Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., 2023, A catalog of Nemestrinidae (Diptera: Brachycera: Nemestrinoidea) from Chile, Zootaxa 5360 (2), pp. 151-193 : 187

Trichophthalma (Eurygastromyia) tigrina Angulo, 1971: 144–145 .

( Figs. 84–85 )

Holotype. Male ( MCCC), Chile, Magallanes, Bahía Municiones (N. Estrecho de Magallanes).

Distribution. Argentina. (Neuquén, Chubut). Chile. Región de Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena: Última Esperanza Province (Sierra Baguales), Magallanes Province (Bahía Municiones) ( Fig. 90 ).

References. Angulo, 1971: 44 (in key), 144–145 (desc.); Bernardi, 1973: 252 (list); Cekalovic & Artigas, 1974: 242 (cat.); Angulo, 1987: 9 (list); Medan & Devoto, 2008: 158 (dist.), 159 (in key); Papavero & Bernardi, 2009a: 10 (cat.); Kosmann et al., 2014: 415 (list).

Biology. This species only has been observed by citizen scientists visiting Adesmia boronioides Hook.

Figures

FIGURE 90. Distribution map of Trichophthalma porteri Stuardo, 1934 (green circles), Trichophthalma scalaris Bigot, 1881 (red circles), Trichophthalma sexmaculata Edwards, 1930 (brown circles), Trichophthalma subaurata (Westwood, 1835) (orange circles), Trichophthalma landbecki (Philippi, 1865) (yellow circles), and Trichophthalma ursula (Philippi, 1865) (blue circles).

FIGURES 82–85. Trichophthalma subaurata (Westwood, 1835): (82) dorsal view (photo by Orlando Montes) and (83) frontolateral view (photo by Felipe Molina); Trichophthalma tigrina Angulo, 1971: (84–85) dorsal view (photos by Daniel Cross).