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Empis vicaria Frey 1935

Description

vicaria Frey, 1935: 5 (Empis (Anacrostichus))

Current name. Junior synonym of Empis (Anacrostichus) longipennis Loew, 1868.

Type locality: Russia, Kamchatka.

Notes on the type series. Frey described this species after both sexes. He noted the following material: “1 Pärchen, Kamtchatka ”. Only one syntype was found in NHRS.

Type material examined. LECTOTYPE (here designated in order to fix identity of the species), ♂ (Fig. 10), labelled (Fig. 11): “ Kamtschatka / Malaise ”; “2087”; “Spec. typ.”; “ Empis / vicaria n. sp. [hand-written by Frey]/ R. Frey det.”; “ Lectotypus / Empis / vicaria Frey, 1935 / design. Shamshev, 2020” (NHRS).

Remarks. Shamshev (2016) has already commented on the synonymy of E. vicaria with E. longipennis Loew.

Notes

Published as part of Shamshev, Igor V., 2020, Notes on species of Empididae (Diptera) described by R. Frey from the Swedish Kamchatka Expedition 1920 - 1922, pp. 532-548 in Zootaxa 4758 (3) on page 539, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4758.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/3734737

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
R, NHRS
Family
Empididae
Genus
Empis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Frey
Species
vicaria
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype , lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Empis vicaria Frey, 1935 sec. Shamshev, 2020

References

  • Frey, R. (1935) Entomologische Ergebnisse der schwedischen Kamtschatka-Expedition 1920 - 1922. 36. Diptera Brachycera. 5. Empididae, Micropezidae, Lauxaniidae, Chloropidae. Arkiv for Zoologi, 28 A (10), 1 - 8.
  • Loew, H. (1868) Ueber Empis nitida Meig. und die ihr verwandten Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 12, 231 - 240. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 18680120207
  • Shamshev, I. V. (2016) An annotated checklist of empidoid flies (Diptera: Empidoidea, except Dolichopodidae) of Russia. Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society, 87, 1 - 184.