Protodictya chilensis, Malloch, 1933: 319 - 321

Murphy, William L., González, Christian R. & Elgueta, Mario, 2022, A catalog of the Sciomyzidae of Chile, with a key to genera (Diptera: Sciomyzoidea), Zootaxa 5099 (2), pp. 261-278 : 270

chilensis Malloch, 1933: 319–321 , text figs. 56c, 57e–g

Holotype. Male ( NHMUK), Chile, Peulla.

Distribution. Argentina: Buenos Aires Province ( Buenos Aires), Río Negro Province (Lago Nahuel Huapi, Río Villegas, Road 243 at 2 km N Chubut Province border, San Carlos de Bariloche), Chubut Province (El Maitén 24 km S, Gobernador Costa 26 km S). Chile: Región de Atacama: Copiapó Province (Monte Amargo); Región de Coquimbo: Choapa Province (Carén, Hacienda Illapel near 35 km NE Illapel, Illapel); Región de Valparaíso: Los Andes Province (Piscicultura), Marga Marga Province (Limache), Valparaíso Province (Casablanca 12 km W); Región Metropolitana de Santiago: Chacabuco Province (Caleu), Santiago Province (Noviciado, Peñalolén, Santiago 15 km N & 11 km SW), Cordillera Province (Baños Morales 4 km W, El Alfalfal, Los Maitenes, Valle Los Piuquenes, Puente Alto); Región del Maule: Curicó Province (Curicó 3 km NE), Linares Province (Fundo Las Cruces at E Parral); Región del Biobío: Biobío Province (Los Ángeles 3 & 50 km N, Mulchén 16 km N, Salto del Laja), Región de La Araucanía: Malleco Province (Angol, Chiguaihue near Angol, Dumo, Lago Galletué, Marimenuco, Sierra Nevada E Túnel las Raíces), Cautín Province (Villarrica); Región de Los Ríos: Valdivia Province (Río Pilmaiquén at Road 5 S); Región de Los Lagos: Osorno Province (Lago Llanquihue shore NE, Osorno 5 km N), Llanquihue Province (Ensenada, Ensenada 8 km W, Llanquihue, Maullín, Peulla, Puerto Varas).

References. Malloch 1933: 303 (fig. 56c head), 317 (figs. 57e–g male terminalia); Stuardo 1946: 151 (catalog); Steyskal 1950: 33 (key), 34 (comments); Boyes et al. 1969: 345, 348–349, 352 (cytotaxonomy); Abercrombie 1970: 25–26, 82–92 (biology, habitat); 172–174 (keys to mature larva and puparium); 179–184 (immature stages); 297–298, 301 (geographic distribution); Knutson et al. 1976: 9 (catalog); Marinoni 1990: 8–11 (redescription, geographic distribution, figs.); Marinoni & Knutson 1992: 27 (key), 37 (fig. 1 male terminalia), 38 (fig. 9 male terminalia), 39 (fig. 17 female postabdomen), 40 (fig. 23 geographic distribution); Marinoni & Carvalho 1993: 414 (comments, fig. 1a male terminalia), 415 (fig. 2a spermatheca), 416 (phylogeny); Marinoni 1995: 58, 134 (list), 112 (photo adult); Marinoni & Mathis 2000: 165 (table 1 character states); 173 (fig. 36 antenna); 175 (fig. 56 female terminalia); 180, 184, 190 (figs. 99, 146, 190 male terminalia); 199 (figs. 284– 286 male terminalia); Knutson & Vala 2011: 39 (biology), 278 (fig. 15.7d female terminalia), 440 (geographic distribution), 453 (table 21.1 world checklist), plate 1b (photo of adult collected in Valparaiso by Charles Darwin), plate 1d (drawing of adult male).