A catalogue of Chilean Elateridae is included with 11 subfamilies: Cebrioninae Latreille, Agrypninae Candèze, Lissominae Laporte, Semiotinae Jakobson, Campyloxeninae Costa, Pytiobiininae Hyslop, Dendrometrinae Gistel, Negastriinae Nakane and Kishii, Elaterinae Leach, Cardiophorinae Candèze, and Physodactylinae Lacordaire 1857, distributed in 52 genera and 140 species.
Valdivelater gen. nov., with two included species, V. krahmeri sp. nov. and V. oneolensis sp. nov. are described from the Valdivian region of Chile. The relationships of this genus to other Protelaterini and the position of the tribe within the family Elateridae are discussed, and a key to protelaterine genera and related tribes is provided. Resumen.— Se describe Valdivelater gen. nov., el cual incluye dos especies V. krahmeri sp. nov. y V. oncolensis sp. nov. del Centro Sur de Chile. Se discuten las relaciones de este y otros géneros de Protelaterini, y su posición sistemática en la familia Elateridae, se proporciona además una clave de los géneros de Protelaterini y de las tribus relacionadas con este.
Parasitological analysis of 554 specimens of Fissurella limbata Sowerby, 1835 (Mollusca, Archaeogastropoda) showed that as many as 97% of the molluscs were infected in the gonads by progenetic adults of the digenetic trematode Proctoeces lintoni Siddiqi et Cable, 1960. Prevalence and intensity of infection were not affected by the host’s sex, but were significantly and positively correlated with host length. Season seemed to affect neither, intensity nor prevalence of infection. Mean intensity reached 16.4, maximum intensity observed was 90 worms. The impact of microhabitat in a rocky beach is discussed as a possible factor that may help to explain the strong differences found in prevalence and intensity of infection caused by Proctoeces lintoni in Fissurella spp. from Chile.