Eupeodes (Metasyrphus) rojasi Marnef, 1999 in Thompson, 1999a

Eupeodes rojasi Marnef, 1999: 338 in Thompson, 1999a

Type locality and data. “ Chile. Valparaíso ” (HT, ♂, INIA) .

Material examined. Tarapacá: 1♀, Parca, 16.II.1967; Leg. J . Herrera (IEUMCE); 2♀, Mamiña, 16.XI.1964, Leg. Etcheverry (IEUMCE); Coquimbo: 1♂, 3♀, El Naranjo, Tilama, I.1969, Leg. J. Molina (MEUC); Valparaíso: 5♂, 17♀, Valparaíso, 21.I.1960, Leg. Marnef (INIA; USNM); Metropolitana: 1♂, Lampa, 30.I.1965, Leg. Zapata (IEUMCE) ; 1♀, El Arrayán, III.1951, Leg. Etcheverry (IEUMCE); 1♀, Cerro San Cristóbal, no data, Leg. Etcheverry (IEUMCE); 1♀, Ñuñoa, 6.IV.1996, Leg. M. Cerda; 1♀, El Peñon, 8.III.1952, Leg. NN (MNHNSCL); 1♂, Malloco, 12.X.1965, Leg. Etcheverry (IEUMCE); 2♂, 6♀, Quebrada de la Plata, 27.IV.1967, Leg. Hichins (MEUC); 2♂, 3♀, Antumapu, La Pintana, no data, Leg. NN (MEUC); 1♂, El Volcán, II.1951, Leg. Etcheverry (IEUMCE) .

References. Thompson, 1999a: 338 (key), Thompson, 1999b: 376, fig. 19–21 (abdomen, male genitalia, wing); Arcaya et al., 2013: 145 (records & distr.); López-García & Maza, 2013: 239 (cat.); Marín-Armijos et al., 2017: 170 (cat.); Mengual et al., 2018b: 154 (phylogeny).

World distribution. Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela and Chile.

Chilean distribution. From Tarapacá to the Metropolitan region (Fig. 187).

Altitudinal range. From coastal to highland ecosystems (5– 2,770 m.a.s.l.).

Biology and notes. Eupeodes rojasi is an important predator of the woolly apple aphid Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausamann) (Thompson 1999a) . Other data about its biology or ecology are unknown.

Conservation status. LC; EOO = 117,264 km 2, AOO = 52 km 2 and 11 localities (or subpopulations).

Genus Fazia Shannon, 1927

Fazia Shannon, 1927: 25 . Type-species, F. bullaephora Shannon (orig. des.) = decemmaculata (Rondani) . Refs. Thompson, 2012a (generic status).

Chasmia Enderlein, 1938: 213 (name preocc. by Enderlein, 1922). Type-species, C. hians Enderlein (orig. des.).

Metepistrophe Hull, 1949b: 293 (Proposed as a subg. of Epistrophe Walker, 1852: 242). Epistrophe altissima Fluke (orig. des.).

Metallograpta Hull, 1949b: 293 (Proposed as a subg. of Epistrophe Walker, 1852: 242). Type-species, Allograpta colombia Curran (orig. des.).