Poecilosomella varians
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Material studied: 2 males, 1 female (NMNH, 1 male in HNHM): SRI LANKA: Mate. Dist., Sigiriya, 800 feet, black light, 13–14 November 1976 – Collected by: G. F. Hevel, R. E: Dietz IV, S. Karunaratne, D. W. Balasooriya; 1 male (NMNH): CEYLON, Anu. Dist., Irrigation Bungalow, Padaviya 180 ft., 27 Feb.–9 Mar. 1970, Dawis & Rowe.
This species seems widespread if we take all the former distribution data into consideration (HACKMAN 1977, PAPP 1991a,b). However, since there are a number of species which can be separated from P. varians only by the characteristics of their genitalia, some of the earlier records must be corroborated. It was recorded as new to Sri Lanka by PAPP (1991b), and is also reliably known from Singapore (type locality), India, Indonesia (W. Flores), cf. PAPP (1991 a).
P. brunettii (DEEMING, 1969), P. nigrotibiata (DUDA, 1925) and P. himalayensis (DEEMING, 1969) were not found during this study. For their detailed morphology see DEEMING (1969) and PAPP (1991 a).
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- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.12587600 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Collection code
- NMNH , NMNH, HNHM, R
- Event date
- 1970-02-27 , 1976-11-13
- Verbatim event date
- 1970-02-27/03-09 , 1976-11-13/14
- Scientific name authorship
- DUDA
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Sphaeroceridae
- Genus
- Poecilosomella
- Species
- varians
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Poecilosomella varians (DUDA, 1925) sec. Papp, 2002
References
- DUDA, O. (1925) Die aussereuropaischen Arten der Gattung Leptocera Olivier - Limosina Macquart (Dipteren) mit Berucksichtigung der europaischen Arten. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 90 A (1924): 5 - 215.
- HACKMAN, W. (1977) Family Sphaeroceridae (Borboridae). Pp. 388 - 405. In: DELFINADO, M. D. & HARDY, D. E. (eds): A Catalog of the Diptera of the Oriental Region, Univ. Press of Hawaii, Honolulu, Vol. 3.
- PAPP, L. (1991 a) A review of the Oriental species of Poecilosomella Duda (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Acta zool. hung. 37 (1 - 2): 101 - 122.
- PAPP, L. (1991 b) Oriental Limosininae: new species and records (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Acta zool. hung. 37 (3 - 4): 225 - 251.
- DEEMING, J. C. (1969) Diptera from Nepal. Sphaeroceridae. Bulletin of the British Museum Natural History), Entomology 23: 53 - 74.