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Paralimna decipiens Loew 1878

Description

decipiens Loew

Paralimna decipiens Loew, 1878: 195.

Paralimna (Phaiosterna) decipiens: Mathis 1995b: 633 [review]; Mathis 1997: 59 [remarks]; Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2002: 72 [revision]; Ale-Rocha & Mathis 2015: 112 [revision].

Paralimna obscura of authors (misidentification): Wirth 1969b: 591 [records]; Linsley, 1977: 41 [checklist].

Distribution. Native. Nearctic, Neotropical; Galápagos: Isabela, Santa Cruz, Santiago.

Remarks. This species is common in brackish habitats (Mathis 1995b).

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 61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5283.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7912667

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Ephydridae
Genus
Paralimna
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Loew
Species
decipiens
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Paralimna decipiens Loew, 1878 sec. Sinclair, 2023

References

  • Loew, H. (1878) Neue nordamerikanische Ephydrinen. Zeitschrift fur die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 51, 192 - 203.
  • Mathis, W. N. (1995 b) Shore flies of the Galapagos Islands (Diptera: Ephydridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 88 (5), 627 - 640. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / aesa / 88.5.627
  • Mathis, W. N. (1997) Shore flies of the Belizean Cays (Diptera: Ephydridae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 592. [published online] https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.592
  • Mathis, W. N. & Zatwarnicki, T. (2002) A phylogenetic study of the tribe Dryxini Zatwarnicki (Diptera: Ephydridae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 617. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.617
  • Ale-Rocha, R. & Mathis, W. N. (2015) A revision of the New World species of Paralimna Loew (Diptera: Ephydridae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 643.
  • Wirth, W. W. (1969 b) New species and records for Galapagos Diptera. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 36 (20), 571 - 594.
  • Linsley, E. G. (1977) Insects of the Galapagos (Supplement). Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, 125, 1 - 55.