Tetanocera costalis, (Walker), 1837: 359

Murphy, William L., Abercrombie, Jay, González, Christian R. & Knutson, Lloyd, 2023, Overview of the Sciomyzidae (Diptera: Sciomyzoidea) of the Americas south of the United States, Zootaxa 5345 (1), pp. 1-113 : 48

costalis (Walker), 1837: 359

( Tetanocera ) [ Malloch 1933: 312]

HT: [ Chile: Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena] “Port Famine.” NHMUK, unnumbered [examined by Steyskal 1966: 446]. The modern names of Port Famine are Fuerte Bulnes and Puerto Hambre/Puerto del Hambre (53°37’00”S 070°56’00”W)

Note: The sex of the holotype was unknown when Walker (1837) described it as “ abdomen ademptum,” meaning absent or taken. Steyskal (1966: 446) examined the holotype but did not comment on the missing abdomen. Nigel Wyatt ( NHMUK) examined the specimen and confirmed (in litt. 3 May 2023 to WLM) that the abdomen is indeed missing from the holotype.

DIST: CHILE (Atacama; Los Lagos; Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena: El Ganso; Fuerte Bulnes (or Puerto Hambre/Puerto del Hambre), Puerto Williams; Metropolitana de Santiago; Valparaíso).Map: Kaczynski et al. 1969

FIGS: Kaczynski et al. 1969 (♂ terminalia, ♂ genitalia)

BIOL: Unknown

IMMATS: Unknown