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Limnellia stenhammari Zetterstedt

Description

Limnellia stenhammari Zetterstedt

(Figs. 10–12)

Ephydra stenhammari, Zetterstedt, 1846: 1842 [Sweden. Skåne, Mellby, Esperöd]. Scatella stenhammari, Loew, 1860: 40 [generic combination].

Stictoscatella stenhammari, Collin, 1930: 139 [generic combination].

Eustigoptera stenhammari, Cresson, 1930: 128 [generic combination].

Lamproscatella stenhammari, Hendel, 1930: 153 [generic combination]. Limnellia stenhammari, Cresson, 1935: 364 [generic combination].

Ephydra meleagris, Zetterstedt, 1846: 1843 [nomen nudum, published in synonymy]. Ephydra oscitans, Walker, 1849: 1106 [Canada. Ontario: Hudson Bay, Albany River, St. Martin’s Falls]. Scatella oscitans, Osten Sacken, 1878: 204 [generic combination].

Ilythea oscitans, Coquillett, 1900: 260 [generic combination].

Limnellia oscitans, Wirth, 1965: 758 [generic combination].

Diagnosis. Palpi yellow; legs black; wings with five distinct white markings at least in R1 cell (Fig. 10); halters black. Epandrium slightly longer than wide, rounded dorsally and truncate ventrally in posterior view (Fig. 11); surstyli large, longer than wide; aedeagus with short and thick anterior projection (Fig. 12).

Material studied. 13, China, Beijing, Xiaolongmen, 39°56'N, 116°05'E, 7.VII.2005, Hui Dong leg.

Distribution. China (Beijing); Algeria, Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Canada, Greenland, USA.

Notes

Published as part of Zhang, Junhua & Yang, Ding, 2009, Species of the genus Limnellia from China (Diptera: Ephydridae), pp. 58-64 in Zootaxa 2308 on pages 62-63, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.191805

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Ephydridae
Genus
Limnellia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Zetterstedt
Species
stenhammari
Taxon rank
species

References

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  • Collin, J. E. (1930) Some new species of the dipterous genus Scatella Dsv. and the differentiation of Stictoscatella gen. nov. (Ephydridae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 66, 133 - 139.
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