1.California State Collection of Arthropods, California Department of Food & Agriculture, Sacramento, California, USA. .
2.Emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA, and University of Arizona, Tucson, USA..
Zootaxa. 2023 Apr 18;5269(1):1-82. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5269.1.1.
The South American members of the stiletto fly subfamily Agapophytinae (Diptera: Therevidae) occur in the South American Transition Zone, predominantly in Chile and southwestern Argentina. The four agapophytine genera described from this region are Entesia Oldroyd, 1968; Melanothereva Malloch 1932; Pachyrrhiza Philippi, 1865; and more recently, Sigalopella Irwin & Winterton, 2020. Here we revise Melanothereva and Entesia and describe the new monotypic genus Pachylopella. Keys to South American Agapophytinae genera and species of Melanothereva and Entesia are provided.
南美刺蝇亚科 Agapophytinae（双翅目：Thermidae）的成员主要分布在南美过渡带，以智利和阿根廷西南部为主。该地区描述的四个 Agapophytinae 属是 Entesia Oldroyd, 1968；Melanothereva Malloch 1932；Pachyrrhiza Philippi, 1865；以及最近的 Sigalopella Irwin & Winterton, 2020。本文修订了 Melanothereva 和 Entesia，并描述了新的单型属 Pachylopella。提供了南美 Agapophytinae 属和 Melanothereva 和 Entesia 种的关键特征。
