Habromyia lipoflava Fluke, 1937

Fig. 50

Habromyia lipoflava Fluke, 1937: 13

Type locality and data. “Yura. Peru ” (HT, ♂, AMNH) .

Material examined. Arica y Parinacota: 1♂, Socoroma, 27.III.2018, Leg. R. Barahona-Segovia (PCRBS); 2♂, 1♀, Murmutani, Leg. L.E. Peña (MEUC); 1♀, Copaquilla, 12.I.1971, Leg. S. Cerda (MNHNCL); 1♂, Codpa, 30.XI.1985, Leg. S. Cerda (MNHNCL); (sex undetermined) Chapiquiña, 9.IV.2000, Leg. L. Packer (CNC); 1♂, Timar, II.1954, Leg. Olalquiaga (INIA); Cerro Larancahua, 12.II.1948. Leg. M. Etcheverry (Etcheverry 1951); 1♂, 1♀, Esquiña, 27.I.1974, Leg. NN (UTA) ; Tarapacá: 1♂, Miñe-Miñe, no date, Leg. J . Herrera & M. Etcheverry (IEUMCE); (sex undetermined) Camiña, 09.IX.1983, Leg. S. Cerda (MNHNCL); 1♂, Parca, 15.VII.1966, Leg. J . Herrera (IEUMCE); 1♀, Mamiña, 22.VII.1966, Leg. J . Herrera (IEUMCE); Atacama: 1♂, Quebrada Vizcachas, 19.XI.1966, Leg. J . Herrera (IEUMCE); Metropolitana: Farellones (Arroyo et al. 1982) .

References. Fluke, 1937: 13 (desc.); Etcheverry, 1951: 355 (cat.); Etcheverry, 1952: 308 (cat.); Fluke, 1957: 126 (cat.); Etcheverry, 1963: 48 (cat.); Etcheverry, 1970: 96 (cat.); Thompson et al., 1976: 100 (cat.); Arroyo et al., 1982: 93 (pollinization study); Thompson, 2012b: 13 (key).

World distribution. Peru and Chile.

Chilean distribution. From Arica y Parinacota to Metropolitan region (Fig. 55).

Altitudinal range. From precordillera to highland ecosystems (1000– 3,600 m.a.s.l.).

Biology and notes. Habromyia lipoflava is mainly associated with Andean flora (Arroyo et al 1982), such as Cerastium arvense L., Oxalis compacta Gillies ex Hook. & Arn., Calandrinia affinis Gillies ex Arn., Discaria nana (Clos) Benth. & Hook. ex Weberb., Azorella madreporica Clos and L. acaulis (Arroyo et al., 1982). In northern Chile (i.e. Socoroma), H. lipoflava visits the ornamental species Chrysanthemum spp. (R. Barahona-Segovia, pers. obs.). This fly can be observed frequently at high altitudes (2,000 m.a.s.l.).

Conservation status. LC; EOO = 78,181 km 2; AOO = 60 km 2 and 14 localities (or subpopulations).

Genus Meromacrus Rondani, 1848

Plagiocera Macquart, 1842: 119 (preocc. Klug 1834). Type-species, Milesia cruciger Wiedemann (orig. des.) = acutus Fabricius. Preocc. by Klug, 1834 ( Hymenoptera).

Meromacrus Rondani, 1848: 70 . Type-species, ghilianii Rondani (mon.). Refs. Thompson, 1972b: 144–145 (Milesinae rev. & desc.); Thompson, 1999a: 330 (key); Thompson, 1981: 155 (descript, key); Blatch et al., 2003: 13–36 (rev. of Mesoamerican Meromacrus spp.); Thompson, 2003: 6, 12 (key, syn. and taxonomic notes); Ricarte et al., 2020: 2 (desc. & preliminary phylogeny).

Plagiacera Stahl, 1883: 97. Misspelling.

Pteroptila Loew, 1866: 165 . Type-species, P. decorus Loew (subs. des. of Coquillett, 1910: 598).

Promilesia Lynch Arribálzaga, 1892: 241 . Type-species, P. nectarinoides Lynch Arribálzaga (mon.).

Metameromacrus Hull, 1942b: 1 . No Type-species, designated. Nomen nudum .

Thalamopales Hull, 1949b: 401 . Type-species, Helophilus scitus Walker (orig. des.).