Ephydridae, Zetterstedt, 1837

Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Madriz, Isaí, González, Christian R. & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2024, An update on the knowledge and general understanding of the Chilean Diptera diversity, Zootaxa 5518 (1), pp. 1-87 : 37

Ephydridae ( Fig. 93 )

The Ephydridae comprises approximately 2,000 species, grouped into five subfamilies and 130 genera ( Mathis & Zatwarnicki 1995; Mathis et al. 2021). The family in Chile is represented by 18 genera and 73 species since the publication of the CDASUS ( Wirth 1968), with the addition of Neoephydra Mathis (including species transferred from Dimecoenia Cresson ) and Paraephydra Mathis ( Mathis 2008) , Eleleides Mathis ( Mathis 1978) , and Diasemocera girschneri (von Röder) (Zatwarnicki 2018) .

Figures

FIGURES 92–97. Ephydroidea and Carnoidea of Chile: (92) Drosophila hydei Sturtevant (Drosophilidae, photo by Diego Gutiérrez); (93) Neoephydra araucaria Mathis (Ephydridae, photo by Claudio Maureira); (94) cf. Pelomyia crassiseta Foster & Mathis (Canacidae, photo by Patrich Cerpa); (95) Thaumatomyia sp. (Chloropidae, photo by Leonardo Rodríguez); (96) Cryptochaetum (Lestophonus) iceryae (Williston) (Cryptochaetidae, photo by Claudio Maureira), and (97) cf. Milichiella sp. (Milichiidae, photo by Juan Mauricio Contreras).