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Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) caudata

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Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) caudata (Zetterstedt)

Rhamphomyza caudata Zetterstedt, 1838: 565. Type locality (by lectotype designation): Kardis, Sweden.

Other references: Frey, 1955a: 472 (revision, lectotype designation); Barták & Danielson, 2007: 107 (type material examination).

Rhamphomyza aethiops Zetterstedt, 1838: 568. Type locality (by lectotype designation): Lapponia Umensi (probably Lycksele) (Sweden).

Other references: Barták & Danielson, 2007: 108 (lectotype designation).

Remarks. Rhamphomyia caudata has a somewhat complicated taxonomic history. As a consequence, some distributional records of this species may be misleading. Rhamphomyia caudata was identified as the single species of Empididae from Spitsbergen (Boheman 1866; Holmgren 1869; Collin 1923) and was reflected in Empididae Catalogues and faunal checklists (e.g., Hackman 1968; Chvála & Wagner 1989: 299; Coulson & Refseth 2004: 104; Yang et al. 2007: 169). We have examined the specimens of R. caudata noted by Holmgren (housed in NHRS) and found that, actually, they belong to R. longestylata Frey (see below). It should be noted that Collin was somewhat confused about the synonymy of R. caudata. He believed that R. longestylata Frey was conspecific with R. caudata (Zetterstedt) (see Collin, 1961: 378). However, they are distinctly two different species (see Frey 1955a: 472; Barták & Danielson 2008: 107). A note in Collin’s paper on flies collected from Spitsbergen (Collin 1923: 116) indicates clearly that he in fact had in front of him a male of R. longestylata rather than R. caudata. Our study does not confirm the presence of R. caudata on the Arctic islands.

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Published as part of Shamshev, Igor V., Sinclair, Bradley J. & Khruleva, Olga A., 2020, The empidoid flies (Diptera: Empidoidea, exclusive of Dolichopodidae) of the Russian Arctic islands and Svalbard Archipelago, pp. 1-75 in Zootaxa 4848 (1) on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4848.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4406987

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4848.1.1 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Family
Chironomidae
Genus
Rhamphomyia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Zetterstedt
Species
caudata
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype

References

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  • Frey, R. (1955 a) 28. Empididae. In: Lindner, E. (Ed.), Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region, 4 (4), 433 - 480, taf. 37 - 42 (Lfg. 181).
  • Bartak, M. & Danielson, R. (2007) Revision of Rhamphomyia species (Diptera: Empididae) described by J. W. Zetterstedt. Acta Zoologica Universitatis Comenianae, 47 (2), 105 - 114. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 80397
  • Boheman, C. H. (1866) Spetsbergens Insekt-fauna. Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar, 22 (1865), 563 - 577.
  • Holmgren, A. E. (1869) Bidrag till kannedomen om Beeren Eilands och Spetsbergens insektfauna. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps- Akademiens Handlingar, 8 (5), 1 - 55.
  • Collin, J. E., (1923) Diptera (Orthorrhapha Brachycera and Cyclorrhapha) from Spitsbergen and Bear Island. Results of the Oxford University Expedition to Spitsbergen, 1921. - No. 22. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 9, 11 (61), 116 - 123. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222932308632830
  • Hackman, W. (1968) Notes on the arthropod fauna of Spitsbergen, II: 11. Diptera: Empididae, Acalyptratae families and Scatophagidae. Annales Entomologici Fennici, 34, 93 - 98.
  • Chvala, M. & Wagner, R. (1989) Empididae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Vol. 6. Therevidae - Empididae. Elsevier Science Publishing, Amsterdam, pp. 228 - 336.
  • Coulson, S. J. & Refseth, D. (2004) The terrestrial and freshwater invertebrate fauna of Svalbard. In: Prestrud, P., Strom, H. & Goldman, H. V. (Eds.), A catalog of the terrestrial and marine animals of Svalbard. Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromso, pp. 57 - 122.
  • Yang, D., Zhang, K., Yao, G. & Zhang, J. (2007) World Catalog of Empididae (Insecta: Diptera). China Agricultural University Press, Beijing, 599 pp.
  • Collin, J. E. (1961) Empididae. In: British flies. Vol. 6. University Press, Cambridge, 782 pp.