Austroscaeva patagoniensis (Kassebeer, 1999)

Fig. 173

Scaeva patagoniensis Kassebeer 1999: 101

Type locality and data. “Las Trancas, Ñuble” (HT, ♀, CFK) .

Literature distribution. Coquimbo: 1♂, 5 miles N of Laguna Dam, 2438 m., 06.xii.1950, Leg. R. & M. Bacher (CAS; Mengual et al. 2018a); Ñuble : 1♂, Las Trancas, 13.XII.1993, Leg. Ugarte (CFK) ; 1♂, Termas de Chillán, 10.XII.1951, Leg. L. E. Peña (CNC) .

References. Kassebeer, 1999: 101, fig. 1 (abdomen) (desc. & key); Mengual et al., 2018a: 161 (desc. & phylogeny).

World distribution. Argentina and Chile.

Chilean distribution. From Coquimbo to Ñuble region (Fig. 175) .

Altitudinal range. From precordillera to highland ecosystems (1,517–2,438 m.a.s.l.).

Biology and notes. All basic aspects of its biology and ecology remain unknown in Chile. Recent records have been reported by citizen scientists in the Magallanes region.

Conservation status. EN under B1ab (iii) + B2ab (iii) using EOO = 4,084 km 2, AOO = 12 km 2 and three localities (or subpopulations)