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Paralimna decipiens Loew 1878
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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).
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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.