Tetanoceroides simplex, Zuska, 1974 in Zuska & Berg 1974: 347

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 : 52

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scientific name	Tetanoceroides simplex
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simplex Zuska, 1974 in Zuska & Berg 1974: 347 View in CoL ,

figs. 3–4, 11–12, 25–26, 38–39, 47, 56 (♂ terminalia, ♂ genitalia, fore leg; ♀ anal plate)

HT: ♂ Chile [Los Lagos], Osorno, northeast shore of Lago Llanquihue, 13.IX.1966, C.O. Berg. CUIC, No. 4509

PT: 36♂ 16♀ Chile (Biobío, Araucanía, Los Ríos, Los Lagos), 1934–1967, February, October–December, AMNH, CUIC, JZ, NHMUK, USNM

DIST: CHILE (Araucanía; Biobío; Los Lagos; Los Ríos). Map: Zuska & Berg 1974

FIGS: None

BIOL: Abercrombie 1970

Note: The behavioral group (BG) and the phenological group (PG) are unknown. Abercrombie (1970) reported that while adults mated readily under laboratory conditions, with females laying viable eggs, first-instar larvae failed to develop.

HOSTS/PREY OF LARVAE: Newly hatched larvae placed with Lymnaea viator , Physa peruviana , Physella gyrina , and Succinea aequinoctialis never fed on them.

IMMATS: Abercrombie 1970 (E, L1)