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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.

Notes

Published as part of Sinclair, Bradley J., 2023, An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador), pp. 1-102 in Zootaxa 5283 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912667

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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.