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Chalcosyrphus Curran 1925

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Genus Chalcosyrphus Curran

Chalcosyrphus Curran, 1925:122 (Proposed as a subg. of Chalcomyia). Type species, atra Curran (orig. des.) = Chalcomyia despressa Shannon.

Refs.: Curran, 1941 (key); Thompson, 1972:157–158 (desc, synonms); Thompson, 1975:292 (status notes); Thompson et al. 1976:114 (cat.); Thompson, 1999a:336 (key).

Subg. Xylotomina Shannon, 1926:7. Type species, Xylota vecors Osten Sacken (orgi. des.). As first revisor, Thompson (1975) select Xylotomina as senior to Xylotodes.

Planes Rondani, 1863:9 (preocc. Bowditch, 1825; Saussure, 1862). Type species, Xylota vagans Wiedemann (mon.).

Xylotodes Shannon, 1926:7. Type species, Brachypalpus inarmatus Hunter (orgi. des.).

Neplas Porter, 1927b:96 (nom. nov. for Planes Rondani). Type species, Xylota vagans Wiedmann (aut.).

Cheiroxylota Hull, 1949:361. Type species, Xylota dimidiate Brunetti (orgi. des.).

Notes

Published as part of Montoya, Augusto L., 2016, FAMILY SYRPHIDAE, pp. 457-537 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 502, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.39, http://zenodo.org/record/259323

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Curran
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Syrphidae
Genus
Chalcosyrphus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Chalcosyrphus Curran, 1925 sec. Montoya, 2016

References

  • Curran, C. H. (1925 a) Contribution to a Monograph of the American Syrphidae from North of Mexico. Bulletin of the University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 15, 1-283.
  • Curran, C. H. (1941) New American Syrphidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 78, 243 - 304.
  • Thompson, F. C. (1972 a) A new Platycheirus from New Zealand and first record of a Melanostomine syrphid fly associated with ants. New Zealand Journal of Science, 15, 77-84.
  • Thompson, F. C. (1975) Notes on the status and relationships of some genera in the tribe Milesiini (Diptera, Syrphidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 77, 291 - 305.
  • Thompson, F. C, Vockeroth, J. R. & Sedman, Y. S. (1976) Family Syrphidae. In: Papavero, N. (Ed.), A catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas south of the United States. Edanee, Sao Paulo, pp. 1-195.
  • Thompson, F. C. (1999 a) A key to the genera of the flower flies (Diptera, Syrphidae) of the Neotropical Region including descriptions of new genera and species and a glossary of taxonomic terms used. Contributions on Entomology International, 3, 321 - 378.
  • Shannon, R. C. (1926) Review of the American xylotine syrphid - flies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 69 (9), 1-52.
  • Rondani, C. (1863) Diptera exotica revisa et annotata. Novis non nullis descriptis. E. Soliani, Modena, 99 pp.
  • Porter, C. E. (1927) Cambio de nombre generico en la Earn. Sirfidos. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 31, 96.
  • Hull, F. M. (1949 a) American Syrphid flies of the subfamilies Cheilosinae and Syrphinae. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 44, 73-79.