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Rhaphium appendiculatum Zetterstedt 1849

Authors/Creators

  • 1. All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo 3, St Petersburg, Pushkin, 196608, Russia.

Description

Rhaphium appendiculatum Zetterstedt, 1849

Rhaphium appendiculatum Zetterstedt, 1849: 3058. Type locality: Sweden: Scania ad Esperod (male lectotype and four paralectotypes in MZLU; examined).

Xiphandrium macrocerum Parent, 1925: 42 (nec Meigen, 1824, nec Zetterstedt, 1843).

Xiphandrium macrocerum – Collin 1940: 266. — Vanschuytbroeck 1976: 53.

Material examined

ST HELENA • 1 ♂; Sandy Bay, Blarney Bridge; 300 ft a.s.l.; 9 Dec. 1967; RMCA.

Distribution

St Helena (introduced); West and Central Palaearctic.

Notes

Published as part of Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2026, A review of the Afrotropical Rhaphium Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the description of three new species, pp. 62-81 in European Journal of Taxonomy 1052 on page 66, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1052.3267, http://zenodo.org/record/19893683

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
RMCA
Event date
1967-12-09
Verbatim event date
1967-12-09
Scientific name authorship
Zetterstedt
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Dolichopodidae
Genus
Rhaphium
Species
appendiculatum
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Rhaphium appendiculatum Zetterstedt, 1849 sec. Grichanov, 2026

References

  • Zetterstedt J. W. 1849. Diptera Scandinaviae Disposita et Descripta. Officina Lundbergiana, Lundae [= Lund] 8: 2935-3366. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.8143
  • Parent O. 1925. Etude sur les Dolichopodides de la collection Meigen conservees au Museum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Encyclopedie entomologique Ser. BII Diptera 2: 41-58.
  • Collin J. E. 1940. Critical notes on some recent synonymy affecting British species of Dolichopodidae (Dipt.). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Ser. 4, 1 (76): 261-271.
  • Vanschuytbroeck P. 1976. La Faune terrestre de l'Ile de Sainte-Helene (troisieme partie). Fam. Dolichopodidae. Annales Musee royal de l'Afrique centrale Ser. 8 (215): 49-57.