Eosalpingogaster conopida (Philippi, 1865)

Figs 181–182

Baccha conopida Philippi, 1865: 750

Salpingogaster macula Schiner, 1868: 345

Salpingogaster conopida Williston, 1886: 315

Salpingogaster (Eosalpingogaster) conopida Hull, 1949b: 299 *

Type locality and data. “ Santiago, Chile ” (T, A, MNHNCL) .

Material examined. Antofagasta: 1♂, Antofagasta, 10.II.1952, Leg. J . Herrera (IEUMCE); 1♂, Llepe, 8.I.1954, Leg. NN (IEUMCE) ; Atacama: 1♂, 2km south Freirina, 13.X.1965, Leg. M. Andaur (MNHNCL); Candelaria

(Porter 1923); Coquimbo: 1♀, Lomas de Peñuelas, II.1953, Leg. NN (MNHNCL); 1♂, Tongoy, 13.II.1990, Leg. G. Cerda (MNHNCL); 3♂, 7♀, El Naranjo, Tilama, III.1968, Leg. NN (MEUC); Valparaíso: 1♂, Los Quillayes, 2.I.1966, Leg. J. Solervicens (MNHNCL); Quilpué (Porter 1932); Metropolitana: 1♂, Caleu, TilTil, 13.I.1986, Leg. M. Cerda (MNHNCL); 1♂, Lampa, 24.II.1962, Leg. Zapata (IEUMCE); 1♂, El Arrayán, 12.II.1966, Leg. T. Ramírez (MNHNCL); 1♂, Las Condes, no date, Leg. M. Etcheverry (IEUMCE); 1♂, Lo Cañas, 15.IV.1951, Leg. NN (IEUMCE); 1♂, Puente Alto, 17.VI.1966, Leg. NN (MNHNCL); 1♀, La Obra, 16.XII.2015, Leg. Rodrigo Barahona-Segovia (PCRBS); 1♂, El Canelo, no date, Leg. J. Herrera (IEUMCE); 1♂, El Manzano, 1.IV.1994, Leg. Pérez de Arce (MNHNCL); 1♀, Quebrada de la Plata, 27.I.1986, Leg. NN (MEUC); Maule: 1♂, Los Peumos, Curico, no date, Leg. NN (IEUMCE); Ñuble: 1♂, San Carlos, 9.I.1966, Leg. V. Pérez (MNHNCL); Biobío: río Biobío (Porter 1923); Los Ríos: Mancera (Porter 1927a).

References. Philippi, 1865: 750 (desc.); Schiner, 1868: 345 (desc.); Bigot, 1883: 329 (desc.); Williston, 1886: 314 (cat.); Reed, 1888: 299 (cat.); Kertész, 1910: 168 (cat.); Sack, 1921: 135 (desc.); Porter, 1923: 117 (cat.); Porter, 1924: 98 (cat.); Porter, 1927b: 122 (cat.); Shannon, 1927: 70 (desc. & key); Porter, 1932: 190 (notes); Shannon & Aubertin, 1933: 135 (desc.); Curran, 1941: 283 (key); Stuardo, 1946: 124 (cat.); Hull, 1949b: 299 (desc.); Fluke, 1957: 4 (cat.); Etcheverry, 1963: 11 (cat.); Thompson et al., 1976: 32 (cat.); Camousseight, 2005: 94 (cat.); Marinoni et al., 2007: 148 (key & dist.); Mengual et al., 2008: 550 (phylogey); Mengual & Thompson, 2011: 722 (rev.); Mengual et al., 2012: 194 (phylogeny); Pérez-Bañón et al., 2013: 362 (preimaginal morphology); Miranda et al., 2016: 166 (phylogeny).

World distribution. Argentina, Brazil and Chile.

Chilean distribution. From Antofagasta to Los Ríos region (Fig. 185).

Altitudinal range. From coastal to precordillera ecosystems (2– 1,000 m.a.s.l.).

Biology and notes. Eosalpingogaster conopida is a native species from northern Chile. Porter (1924) describes that a puparium of this species was collected in the plant species Foeniculum spp. and subsequently reared from a plant strongly attacked by aphids. In other countries, E. conopina has been described as a predator of Cercopidae and Dactylopidae (Silva et al. 1968, Zimmermann et al. 1979).

Conservation status. LC; EOO = 299,326 km 2, AOO = 92 km 2, 18 subpopulations and 20 localities.