First record of giant Beelzebub bee-eater Mallophora leschenaulti (Diptera: Asilidae) in Chile

Abstract

In this note we report the presence of Beelzebub bee-eater fly Mallophora leschenaulti Macquart, 1938 (Diptera: Asilidae) from northern Chile. A female was collected from highland scrublands in Chapiquiña town, Arica y Parinacota region. In addition, two females are reported from Lluta valley near Peru border. This is the second Mallophora species registered in Chile, distributed in scrubland and cropland ecosystems. We discuss some native carpenter bees and bumblebees as potential preys

A unique robber fly species and genus of Asilinae from Argentina (Diptera: Asilidae)

“…Recent taxonomic contributions for the Asilinae in the Neotropical Region include revisionary works, descriptions of new genera and species, and new distribution records by Lamas and Mellinger (2011); Vieira (2012a, 2012b, 2012c, 2014); Vieira et al (2012); Vieira et al (2013); Vieira et al (2014); Vieira et al (2017); Vieira et al (2019); Köhler et al (2013); Artigas and Vieira (2014); Vieira and Ayala‐Landa (2014); Vieira and Rafael (2014); Vieira and Silva (2014); Dumbardon‐Martial (2015); Camargo et al (2016); Camargo et al (2019); Castro et al (2016); Guimarães et al (2016); Vieira and Rafael (2016); Ayala‐Landa (2019); Smit (2019); Barahona‐Segovia and Pañinao‐Monsálvez (2020); Estrada and Nápoles (2020); Sánchez (2020); Sánchez and Camargo (2021); and Yepes and Forero (2021).…”