Rudolfina opuntiae
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opuntiae (Richards)
Leptocera (Trachyopella) opuntiae Richards, 1967b: 531.
Leptocera opuntiae: Linsley 1977: 42 [checklist].
Trachyopella opuntiae: Roháček & Marshall 1986: 14 [remarks]; Paiero & Marshall 2020: 45 [remarks].
Rudolfina opuntiae: Pitkin 1989: 33 [review]; Roháček et al. 2001: 248 [catalogue].
Distribution. Endemic. Galápagos: Pinta.
Remarks. Adults were collected in rotting Opuntia (Richards 1967b). This species has not been recorded since the first record.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Richards
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Sphaeroceridae
- Genus
- Rudolfina
- Species
- opuntiae
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Richards, O. W. (1967 b) On a collection of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) from the Galapagos Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 13, 9, 531 - 539.
- Linsley, E. G. (1977) Insects of the Galapagos (Supplement). Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, 125, 1 - 55.
- Rohacek, J. & Marshall, S. A. (1986) The genus Trachyopella Duda (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) of the Holarctic Region. Monografie III (1985). Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 109 pp.
- Paiero, S. M. & Marshall, S. A. (2020) A revision of the genus Rudolfina Rohacek (Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 593, 1 - 48. https: // doi. org / 10.5852 / ejt. 2020.593
- Pitkin, B. R. (1989) A review of the Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) described by O. W. Richards. Occasional Paper on Systematic Entomology, No. 6, 1 - 44.
- Rohacek, J., Marshall, S. A., Norrbom, A. L., Buck, M., Quiros, D. I. & Smith, I. (2001) World Catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Slezske Zemske Muzeum, Opava, 414 pp.