The interpretation of some Conopidae (Diptera) described by RobineauDesvoidy
Author
Stuke, Jens-Hermann
Author
Clements, David K.
text
Zootaxa
2005
886
1
12
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.170914
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11755326
170914
"Heterellia
petiolata
R. D."
A male of
Myopa palliceps
(Bigot, 1887)
. The specimen is well preserved.
The specimen bears the following labels: (1) "M. /
petiolata
/ ɗ / coll. Big." [round, white label]; (2) "Heterellia /
petiolata
R. D." [lightblue label].
An unpublished manuscript name. It is possible that RobineauDesvoidy did not intend to publish this as new species but was instead assigning the specimen to his personal concept of
Conops petiolata
Linnaeus, 1767
. However, this is perhaps unlikely as it would have required a gross error of identification by RobineauDesvoid, since the latter is accepted to be a species of
Physocephala
(
Thompson 1997
)
.