Published February 26, 2013 | Version v1
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Limnophora pulchriceps

  • 1. Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX 1 3 PW, UK;
  • 2. Department of Zoology, Division of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Description

Limnophora pulchriceps (Loew, 1860)

CROATIA: Mrežnički brig, River Mrežnica, 10.ix.2011, 1♂ 7♀; Plitvice Lakes, Tufa barrier Kozjak-Milanovac, P5, em. 25.vii.2007, 3♀; the same, P5, em. 30.viii.2007, 1♀; the same, P5, em. ix.2010, 1♀; Plitvice stream, P3, em. vi.2008, 5♀; the same, P6, em. x.2008, 1♀; Plitvice Lakes, Tufa barrier Labudovac, P2, em. 31.v.2007, 1♀; the same, P3, em. v.2010, 1♀; the same, P3, em. 30.vi.2007, 1♀; the same, P3, em. vii.2010, 3♀; the same, P3, em. 26.vii.2007, 4♀; the same, P3, em. viii.2009, 1♂ 1♀; the same, P3, em. viii.2010, 1♂; the same, P3, em. 31.viii.2007, 1♂ 4♀; the same, P3, em. ix.2008, 1♀; the same, P3, em. ix.2009, 1♂ 2♀; the same, P3, em. ix.2010, 1♀; the same, P6, em. 30.vi.2007, 1♂; the same, P6, em. 26.vii.2007, 4♂ 3♀; the same, P6, em. 31.viii.2007, 6♀; Plitvice Lakes: Tufa barrier Novakovića Brod, P2, em. vii.2008, 3♂ 6♀; the same, P2, em. viii.2008, 1♂ 2♀; Roški Slap, Krka River, 28.iv.2011, 10♂ 5♀; the same, 25.v.2011, 2♂.

Described by Loew (1860: 23) from Dalmatia, without a more precise locality. Also mentioned from Dalmatia by Kowarz (1893: 51). An uncommon species in Central and southern Europe, possibly reaching to Turkey and Israel.

Notes

Published as part of Pont, Adrian C. & Ivković, Marija, 2013, The hunter-flies of Croatia (Diptera: Muscidae: genus Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy), pp. 1069-1082 in Journal of Natural History 47 (15 - 16) on page 1073, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.750775, http://zenodo.org/record/5196546

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2011-04-28 , 2011-09-10
Verbatim event date
2011-04-28 , 2011-09-10
Scientific name authorship
Loew
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Muscidae
Genus
Limnophora
Species
pulchriceps
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Limnophora pulchriceps (Loew, 1860) sec. Pont & Ivković, 2013

References

  • Loew H. 1860. Drei von Herrn Dr. Friedr. Stein in Dalmatien entdeckte Dipteren. Wien ent Monatschr. 4: 20 - 24.
  • Kowarz F. 1893. Calliophrys novum Coenosiarum genus. Wien ent Ztg. 12: 49 - 52.