Orthonevra chilensis Thompson 1999

Orthonevra chilensis Thompson, 1999 Figs 11–12 Orthonevra chilensis Thompson 1999a: 346 Type locality and data. “ Viña del Mar, Chile ” (HT, ♂, NMW). Material examined. Coquimbo: 4♂, 5♀, El Naranjo, Tilama, I.1969, Leg. J. Molina (MEUC); Valparaíso: 1♂, Viña del Mar, 4.IV.1967, Leg. P. Herbst (NMW). References. Thompson, 1999a: 346 (desc.). World distribution. Chile. Chilean distribution. From Coquimbo to Valparaíso region (Fig. 28). Altitudinal range. From coastal to inland valley ecosystems (50– 491 m.a.s.l.). Biology and notes. The habitats of this species has been scenario of several socio-environmental conflicts and the native forest have been replaced and fragmented by avocado crops, urbanization and wildfires (Carranza et al., 2020). All basic aspects of its biology and ecology remain unknown. Conservation status. EN under B2ab (iii) using AOO = 8 km 2 and two localities and subpopulations.
Published as part of Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Riera, Pamela, Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura, Guzmán, Vicente Valdés & Henríquez-Piskulich, Patricia, 2021, Updating the knowledge of the flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Chile: Illustrated catalog, extinction risk and biological notes, pp. 1-178 in Zootaxa 4959 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4959.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4693464
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