Henk Meuffels, Paul L.Th. Beuk and Volkert S. van der Goot
Version date: 28-02-2024 10:27
Sciapus platypterus (Fabricius, 1805)
Diagnosis.Dolichopodidae s.str.:
Usually small to medium-sized (1.0-8.0 mm) brachycerous flies with slender legs, mostly shining metallic green, often variously dusted or partly yellow, sometimes not metallic greyish, brownish or black. Head with three-segmented antennae, usually short but third segment elongated in some genera; arista dorsal to apical; strong ocellar setae nearly always present; mouthparts usually short and with a wide aperture adapted for sucking small preys. Thorax variously setose, always with two rows of dorsocentral setae. Legs sometimes strongly setose, in some genera raptorial. Wing venation typically with discal cell developed, apical part of M1+2 either straight or with a so-called 'wing boss' and then more or less clearly bent, seldom (in Sciapus) apically forked. Sexual dimorphism usually strong: male hypopygium often large, in the course of evolution 180-270° twisted, and bent back under the abdomen. Microphorinae:
Small (2.0-3.0 mm) greyish to black flies. Head large; antennae with elongate third antennal segment; eyes relatively large, holoptic in males, dichoptic in female; mouth parts somewhat elongate and directed forwards. Thorax arched; acrostichal and dorsocentral setae well developed. Wings clear or somewhat infuscate, without distinct markings; R with three branches; discal cell present; basal cells short. Legs short, hind legs in some species flattened and with conspicuously broadened tibiae and metatarsus. Abdomen short; male genitalia asymmetrical and rotated.
Biology.Dolichopodidae s.str.:
Adults can be found in various habitats and prefer moist environments; some species are halophilous. They are carnivorous, feeding on small, soft-bodied arthropods. Development poorly known. Larvae are found in moist substrates (in sand, mud, rotting vegetation, under tree bark, sometimes on sea shore), and are predacious; the larvae of Thrypticus are miners in the stems of Monocotyledons. Microphorinae:
Little is known about the pre-adult stages. Adults can be found in a wide range of habitats but seem to prefer habitats near water of forests. Females have been found to feed on preys in spiders' webs. Swarms with males can be found swarming under overhanging branches.
References to the local fauna. Van Aartsen et al. (1991), Chvála (1989b), Doorman (1962), Van der Goot (1978), Kabos (1951a, 1954a), De Meijere (1950a), Meuffels (1974, 1978, 1981b), Meuffels & Grootaert (1990), Meuffels et al. (1996), Parmenter (1940), Pollet (1990, 1993, 1996), Pollet & Stark (2018), Pollet et al. (1992), Schonewille et al. (2001), Van der Wulp & De Meijere (1898).
How to quote this page: Meuffels, H.J.G., P.L.Th. Beuk, & V.S. van der Goot, 2024. Family Dolichopodidae. In: Beuk, P.L.Th. (Ed.): Checklist of the Diptera of the Netherlands, https://diptera-info.nl/news.php?fam=Dolichopodidae (date accessed: 08/05/2024).
NL: 245, 2I, 5?
B: 289, 6?
D: 246, 2I, 2?
UK: 299
World: 6240
DOLICHOPODIDAE
ACHALCINAE
Achalcus Loew, 1857
cinereus (Haliday in Walker, 1851)
N
flavicollis (Meigen, 1824)
N
melanotrichus Mik, 1878
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34)
vaillanti Bunhes, 1987
N; added by Pollet (1996: 381)
DIAPHORINAE
Asyndetus Loew, 1869
latifrons (Loew, 1857)
N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 69)
Chrysotus Meigen, 1824
blepharosceles Kowarz, 1874
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 69)
= melampodius Loew, 1857: misident. sensu auct.
Note 1
cilipes Meigen, 1824
N
cupreus Macquart, 1827
N
femoratus Zetterstedt, 1843
N
gramineus (Fallén, 1823)
N
Note 2
= copiosus Meigen, 1824
= angulicornis Kowarz, 1874
= microcerus Kowarz, 1874
= varians Kowarz, 1874
= collini Parent, 1923: misident. sensu auct.
added by Van Aartsen et al. (1991: ix)
Note 1
laesus (Wiedemann, 1817)
N
= enderleini Parent, 1938
neglectus (Wiedemann, 1817)
N
obscuripes Zetterstedt, 1838
N
= kowarzi Lundbeck, 1912
pallidipalpus Van Duzee, 1933
I; added by Parmenter (1940: 233)
palustris Verrall, 1876
N; as yet unrecorded, material in coll. H.J.G. Meuffels
pulchellus Kowarz, 1874
N
suavis Loew, 1857
N
viridifemoratus von Roser, 1840
N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 69)
= monochateus Kowarz, 1874
Diaphorus Meigen, 1824
hoffmannseggi Meigen, 1830
N
= tripilus Loew, 1857
nigricans Meigen, 1824
N
oculatus (Fallén, 1823)
N
winthemi Meigen, 1824
N
Melanostolus Kowarz, 1884
melancholicus (Loew, 1869)
N
DOLICHOPODINAE
Dolichopus Latreille, 1796
= Hygroceleuthus Loew, 1857
= Macrodolichopus Stackelberg, 1933
acuticornis Wiedemann, 1817
N
agilis Meigen, 1824
N
arbustorum Stannius, 1831
N
= steini Becker, 1917: misident. sensu auct.
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 32)
Note 1
argyrotarsis Wahlberg, 1850
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 32)
atratus Meigen, 1824
N
atripes Meigen, 1824
N
brevipennis Meigen, 1824
N
= plumitarsis Fallén, 1823: misident. sensu auct.
Note 3
caligatus Wahlberg, 1850
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 66)
calinotus Loew, 1871
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 66)
campestris Meigen, 1824
N
claviger Stannius, 1831
N
clavipes Haliday, 1832
N
diadema Haliday, 1832
N
discifer Stannius, 1831
N
= nigricornis Meigen, 1824: misident. sensu Parent, 1925
excisus Loew, 1859
N
festivus Haliday, 1832
N
griseipennis Stannius, 1831
N
latilimbatus Macquart, 1827
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 33)
= latelimbatus Macquart, 1827: incorrect spelling
latipennis Fallén, 1823
N
Note 4
lepidus Staeger, 1842
N
linearis Meigen, 1824
N
lineatocornis Zetterstedt, 1843
N; as yet unrecorded, material in coll. R.I.N. (IBN-DLO)
longicornis Stannius, 1831
N
= acuticornis Wiedemann, 1817: misident. sensu Fallén, 1823 et auct.
longitarsis Stannius, 1831
N
migrans Zetterstedt, 1843
N
= confinis Zetterstedt, 1843
nitidus Fallén, 1823
N
notatus Staeger, 1842
N
= notabilis Zetterstedt, 1843
nubilus Meigen, 1824
N
pennatus Meigen, 1824
N
= signatus Meigen, 1824: misident. sensu Staeger, 1842
phaeopus Haliday, 1851
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 66)
picipes Meigen, 1824
N
= fastuosus Haliday, 1832
planitarsis Fallén, 1823
N
plumipes (Scopoli, 1963)
N
= pennitarsis Fallén, 1823
popularis Wiedemann, 1817
N
= aemulus Loew, 1859
rupestris Wiedemann, 1817
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 33)
sabinus Haliday, 1838
N
signatus Meigen, 1824
N
= argentifer Loew, 1859
simplex Meigen, 1824
N
strigipes Verrall, 1875
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 33)
subpennatus d'Assis Fonseca, 1976
N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 67)
tanythrix Loew, 1869
N
trivialis Haliday, 1832
N
= cilifemoratus Macquart, 1827: misident. sensu Parent, 1926 et auct.
N; as yet unrecorded, material in coll. H.J.G. Meuffels
fulvicaudis (Haliday, 1851)
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 33)
germanus (Wiedemann, 1817)
N
gracilis (Stannius, 1831)
N
= nigricornis (Meigen, 1824): misident. sensu auct.
= bicolor (Macquart, 1827): misident. sensu Schiner, 1862 et auct.
longiventris (Loew, 1857)
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 33)
nanus (Macquart, 1827)
N
nigrilamellatus (Macquart, 1827)
N
nigripennis (Fallén, 1823)
N
nigriplantis (Stannius, 1831)
N
pilifer (Loew, 1859)
N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2017: 64)
plagiatus (Loew, 1857)
N
praeceps Loew, 1869
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 33)
rusticus (Meigen, 1824)
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 67)
verbekei Pollet, 1993
N; added by Pollet (1993: 104)
vockerothi d'Assis Fonseca, 1976
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 33)
= sahlbergi (Zetterstedt, 1838): misident. sensu auct.
Muscidideicus Becker, 1917
= Muscideicus Parent, 1938: emend.
praetextatus (Haliday, 1855)
N; added by Kabos (1954a: 138)
Nodicornis Rondani, 1843
nodicornis (Meigen, 1824)
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 33)
Poecilobothrus Mik, 1878
ducalis (Loew, 1857)
N
= infuscatus (Stannius, 1831): misident. sensu Parent, 1938
= comitialis (Kowarz, 1867): misident. sensu Verrall, 1912
nobilitatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
N
principalis (Loew, 1861)
N
= fumipennis (Stannius, 1831): misident. sensu Becker, 1917
Sybistroma Meigen, 1824
= Hypophyllus Haliday, 1832
crinipes (Staeger, 1842)
N
discipes (Germar, 1821)
N
obscurellus (Fallén, 1823)
N
Tachytrechus Haliday, 1851
ammobates (Haliday, 1851)
N
insignis (Stannius, 1831)
N
notatus (Stannius, 1831)
N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 68)
HYDROPHORINAE
Aphrosylus Haliday, 1851
celtiber Haliday, 1855
N; as yet unrecorded, material in coll. H.J.G. Meuffels
ferox Haliday, 1851
N
Hydrophorus Fallén, 1823
albiceps Frey, 1915
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 67)
= signifer Coquillett, 1899: incorrect synonymy
balticus (Meigen, 1824)
N
bipunctatus (Lehmann, 1822)
N
litoreus Fallén, 1823
N
nebulosus Fallén, 1823
N
oceanus (Macquart, 1838)
N
= inaequalipes Macquart, 1834: misident. sensu Haliday, 1851
= bisetus Loew, 1857
praecox (Lehmann, 1822)
N
viridis (Meigen, 1824)
N; as yet unrecorded, material in coll. H.J.G. Meuffels
Liancalus Loew, 1857
virens (Scopoli, 1963)
N
Machaerium Haliday, 1832
maritimae Haliday, 1832
N
Orthoceratium Schrank, 1803
sabulosum (Becker, 1907)
N; added as lacustre by Meuffels (1981b: 68)
Note 7
= lacustre (Scopoli, 1963): misident. sensu auct.
Scellus Loew, 1857
notatus (Fabricius, 1781)
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34)
Note 8
Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844
subg. Schoenophilus Mik, 1878
versutus Haliday, 1851
N
subg. Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844
flavipalpis (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N
ruficornis (Haliday, 1831)
N
MEDETERINAE
Dolichophorus Lichtwardt, 1902
kerteszi Lichtwardt, 1902
N; as yet unrecorded, material in coll. P.L.Th. Beuk, H.J.G. Meuffels
Medetera Fischer von Waldheim, 1819
= Medeterus Meigen, 1824
= Oligochaetus Mik, 1878
= Oligochaetes Mik, 1878: emend.
abstrusa Thuneberg, 1955
N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 176)
ambigua (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N
dendrobaena Kowarz, 1877
N
diadema (Linnaeus, 1967)
N
= rostrata (Fabricius, 1781)
Note 8
impigra Collin, 1941
N; as yet unrecorded, material in coll. P.L.Th. Beuk, H.J.G. Meuffels
infumata Loew, 1857
N; as yet unrecorded, material in coll. H.J.G. Meuffels, NNT
inspissata Collin, 1941
N; as yet unrecorded, material in coll. P.L.Th. Beuk
jacula (Fallén, 1817)
N
jugalis Collin, 1941
N; as yet unrecorded, material in coll. NNT
micacea Loew, 1857
N
obscura (Zetterstedt, 1838)
N
pallipes (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N
petrophiloides Parent, 1925
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 67)
plumbella Meigen, 1824
N
pseudoapicalis Thuneberg, 1955
N; as yet unrecorded, material in coll. NNT
saxatilis Collin, 1941
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 67)
tristis (Zetterstedt, 1840)
N; as yet unrecorded, material in coll. P.L.Th. Beuk
truncorum Meigen, 1824
N
Systenus Loew, 1857
bipartitus (Loew, 1850)
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 68)
= tener Loew, 1859
leucurus Loew, 1859
N
pallipes (von Roser, 1840)
N
= adpropinquans (Loew, 1857)
scholtzi (Loew, 1850)
N; as yet unrecorded, material not preserved (leg. A. Deelman)
Thrypticus Gerstäcker, 1864
atomus Frey, 1915
N; added as 'cf. atomus' by Meuffels et al. (1996: 47)
bellus Loew, 1869
N
smaragdinus Gerstäcker, 1864
N
tarsalis Parent, 1932
N; added as 'cf. tarsalis' by Meuffels et al. (1996: 47)
viridis Parent, 1932
N; will formally be added by Meuffels (in prep.)
MICROPHORINAE
Note 9
Microphor Macquart, 1827
= Microphorus Macquart, 1834: emend.
anomalus (Meigen, 1824)
N
= crassipes Macquart, 1827: misident.
crassipes Macquart, 1827
N; added by Chvála (1989b: 172)
holosericeus (Meigen, 1804)
N
= velutinus Macquart, 1827
NEURIGONINAE
Neurigona Rondani, 1856
= Saucropus Loew, 1857
= Neurogona Oldenberg, 1904: emend.
abdominalis (Fallén, 1823)
N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2017: 65)
erichsoni (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N
pallida (Fallén, 1823)
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34)
quadrifasciata (Fabricius, 1781)
N
Note 8
suturalis (Fallén, 1823)
N
RHAPHIINAE
Argyra Macquart, 1834
= Leucostola Loew, 1857
argentella (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N
Note 10
= discedens Becker, 1907: misident. sensu auct.
argentina (Meigen, 1824)
N
argyria (Meigen, 1824)
N
= argentata Macquart, 1834
= divergens Parent, 1926
atriceps Loew, 1857
N
diaphana (Fabricius, 1975)
N
elongata (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N
grata Loew, 1857
N
ilonae Gosseries, 1989
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34)
= confinis (Zetterstedt, 1849): preocc.
leucocephala (Meigen, 1824)
N
perplexa Becker, 1918
N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 69)
vestita (Wiedemann, 1817)
N
Nematoproctus Loew, 1857
distendens (Meigen, 1824)
N
Rhaphium Meigen, 1803
= Raphium Meigen, 1803: incorrect spelling
= Porphyrops Meigen, 1824: misident. sensu auct.
= Xiphandrium Loew, 1857
= Anglearia Carlier, 1935
albifrons Zetterstedt, 1843
N; added as bilamellatum by Meuffels (1978: 68)
= fissum Loew, 1850: misident.
Note 1
= bilamellatum (Becker, 1918): misident.
antennatum (Carlier, 1835)
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 67)
appendiculatum Zetterstedt, 1849
= macrocerum Meigen, 1824: misident. sensu Parent, 1925
auctum Loew, 1857
N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 68)
brevicorne Curtis, 1835
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 68)
= pectinatum (Loew, 1859): misident. sensu Becker, 1908
caliginosum Meigen, 1824
N
= cupreum Macquart, 1827: misident. sensu Haliday, 1851
= zetterstedti (Parent, 1925)
commune (Meigen, 1824)
N
= spinicoxa Loew, 1850
crassipes (Meigen, 1824)
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34)
discolor Zetterstedt, 1838
N
= riparium (Meigen, 1824): misident. sensu Parent, 1925
= consobrina Zetterstedt, 1843
elegantulum (Meigen, 1824)
N
ensicorne Meigen, 1824
N
fasciatum Meigen, 1824
N
fascipes (Meigen, 1824)
N
laticorne (Fallén, 1823)
N
= nemorum Meigen, 1830
longicorne (Fallén, 1823)
N
micans (Meigen, 1824)
N
monotrichum Loew, 1850
N
nasutum (Fallén, 1823)
N
penicillatum Loew, 1850
N
riparium (Meigen, 1824)
N
= praerosum Loew, 1850
SCIAPODINAE
Amblypsilopus Bigot, 1888
= Chrysosoma Guérin-Méneville, 1831
exul (Parent, 1932)
I; added by Van Ooststroom (1944: 196)
Sciapus Zeller, 1842
= Psilopus Meigen, 1824
= Sciopus Parent, 1925: emend.
albifrons (Meigen, 1830)
N
basilicus Meuffels & Grootaert, 1990
T; added by Meuffels & Grootaert (1990: 170)
contristans (Wiedemann, 1817)
N
= vialis (Raddatz, 1873)
laetus (Meigen, 1838)
N
lobipes (Meigen, 1824)
N
longulus (Fallén, 1823)
N
= lugens (Meigen, 1824)
maritimus Becker, 1918
N
nervosus (Lehmann, 1822)
N
pallens (Wiedemann, 1830)
N
platypterus (Fabricius, 1805)
N
wiedemanni (Fallén, 1823)
N
zonatulus (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N
= contristans (Wiedemann, 1817): misident. sensu auct.
= regalis (Meigen, 1824): doubtful senior syn.
SYMPYCNINAE
Anepsiomyia Bezzi, 1902
= Anepsius Loew, 1857: preocc.
flaviventris (Meigen, 1824)
N
= bifasciata (Macquart, 1827): misident. sensu auct.
Campsicnemus Haliday, 1851
= Ectomus Mik, 1878
alpinus (Haliday, 1833)
N
= pictipennis (Boheman, 1853)
armatus (Zetterstedt, 1849)
N
= pectinifer De Meijere, 1907
armoricanus Parent, 1926
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 69)
compeditus Loew, 1857
N
curvipes (Fallén, 1823)
N
loripes (Haliday, 1832)
N
lumbatus (Loew, 1857)
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 32)
magius (Loew, 1845)
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 69)
marginatus Loew, 1857
N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 69)
picticornis (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 67)
pumilio (Zetterstedt, 1843)
Note 11
= pectinulatus Loew, 1864
pusillus (Meigen, 1824)
N; added by Wind & Pollet (2017: 74)
scambus (Fallén, 1823)
N
= lumbatus (Loew, 1857): misident.
Chrysotimus Loew, 1857
flaviventris (von Roser, 1840)
N; as yet unrecorded, material in coll. P.L.Th. Beuk, H.J.G. Meuffels
= concinnus (Zetterstedt, 1843)
molliculus (Fallén, 1823)
N
= laetus (Meigen, 1824)
Lamprochromus Mik, 1878
bifasciatus (Macquart, 1827)
N
= elegans (Meigen, 1830)
strobli Parent, 1925
N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 70)
Micromorphus Mik, 1878
albipes (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N
Sympycnus Loew, 1857
aeneicoxa (Meigen, 1824)
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34)
pulicarius (Fallén, 1823)
N
Note 12
= annulipes (Meigen, 1824)
= desoutteri Parent, 1925
Syntormon Loew, 1857
= Eutarsus Loew, 1857
= Bathycranium Strobl, 1892
Note 13
= Drymonoeca Becker, 1907
bicolorellus (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N
denticulatus (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N
= pumilus (Meigen, 1824): misident. sensu Parent, 1925
= punctatus (Zetterstedt, 1843): misident. sensu auct.
filiger Verrall, 1912
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 68)
fuscipes (von Roser, 1840)
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34)
= spicatus (Loew, 1857)
metathesis (Loew, 1850)
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 68)
monilis (Haliday, 1851)
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 68)
pallipes (Fabricius, 1994)
N
pseudospicatum Strobl, 1899
N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2017: 65)
pumilus (Meigen, 1824)
N
= rufipes (Meigen, 1824)
tarsatus (Fallén, 1823)
N
zelleri (Loew, 1850)
N; as yet unrecorded, material in coll. H.J.G. Meuffels
Telmaturgus Mik, 1874
tumidulus (Raddatz, 1873)
N
Teuchophorus Loew, 1857
= Teucophorus Loew, 1857: incorrect spelling
calcaratus (Macquart, 1827)
N
monacanthus Loew, 1859
N
nigricosta (von Roser, 1840)
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34)
= signatus (Zetterstedt, 1849)
= signiatus (Zetterstedt, 1849): error in Meuffels (2009)
simplex Mik, 1880
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34)
spinigerellus (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N
Xanthochlorus Loew, 1857
galbanus Chandler & Negrobov, 2008
N; added by Beuk (2021b: 20)
ornatus (Haliday, 1832)
N
= flavicoxa Wiedemann Meigen, 1824: misident.
tenellus (Wiedemann, 1817)
GENERA INCERTA SEDIS
Acropsilus Mik, 1878
niger (Loew, 1869)
N
Doubtful species
Medetera Fischer von Waldheim, 1819
apicalis (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N; added by Doorman (1962: 190)
Note 14
muralis Meigen, 1824
Note 15
oscillans Allen, 1976
first listed by Meuffels (2002: 176)
Note 16
pinicola Kowarz, 1877
N
Note 17
Thrypticus Gerstäcker, 1864
pollinosus Verrall, 1912
first listed by Meuffels (2002))
Note 17
Deleted species
Medetera Fischer von Waldheim, 1819
betulae Ringdahl, 1949
Note 18
glauca Loew, 1869
Note 18
Notes
Note 1
Misidentification pointed out by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 27).
Note 2
Possibly more than one species is involved. The synonymies are provisional.
Note 3
Misidentification pointed out by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 27). Meuffels (2002) already noted that material recorded by Kabos (1951a: 121) belonged to other species.
Note 4
Last known collection date 1 August 1918 (leg. J.C.H. de Meijere). Possibly extinct from the Netherlands.
Note 5
This species was transferred from Hercostomus by Brooks & Wheeler (2005).
Note 6
Following workers on the Nearctic fauna, Pollet (2004) considered Gymnopterus to be a valid genus and he transferred all species placed in the former subgenus of Hercostomus to Gymnopterus.
Note 7
Misidentification pointed out by Pollet & Stark (2018).
Note 8
Year of description was erroneously given as 1981 by Meuffels (2002).
Note 9
The former family Microphoridae is now included as subfamily within the family Dolichopodidae following Sinclair & Cumming (2006.
Note 10
This is possibly a synonym of argyria but still more species can be involved.
Note 11
Erroneously still under the name of the junior synonym pectinulatus in Meuffels (2002: 179).
Note 12
See Meuffels (1981a : 54) about the synonymy.
Note 13
Synonym with Syntormon by Speight et al. (1995).
Note 14
The identity of the previously recorded female cannot be confirmed (Pollet & Meuffels, 2023: 27).
Note 15
Old records could not yet be confirmed. The male specimen in RMNH remains to be dissected.
Note 16
None of the males under this name in RMNH that were checked by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 27) belonged to this species. Females could not be identified.
Note 17
The only known specimen could not betraced and the identity thus not confirmed (Pollet & Meuffels, 2023: 27).
Note 18
First recorded by Meuffels (1974: 34) but re-identification showed that the material did not belong to that species. The true identity could not yet be established.
The latest revisions at different levels
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