Revision of the Neotropical genus Goniaspis Duda (Diptera: Chloropidae)
Author
Mlynarek, Julia J.
Author
Wheeler, Terry A.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2033
26
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.186327
0efc3f5f-dc4e-42c9-8823-960a6987d49c
1175-5326
186327
Goniaspis peruana
Duda, 1930
Goniaspis peruana
Duda 1930
: 64
(
type
locality,
Peru
: Callao).
Remarks:
The
holotype
of
G. peruana
, deposited in the Hamburg Museum, was destroyed during the Second World War. In addition, the original species descriptions and key couplet (
Duda 1930
) were not sufficient to distinguish between
G. peruana
and
G. obscurata
. Our concept of
G. peruana
is based on unpublished notes on the
types
made by C.W. Sabrosky in Hamburg in 1937, and by examination of specimens that were identified by Sabrosky subsequent to his study of the
types
. There are no discernable differences between
G. peruana
and the
G. obscurata
/
G. opaca
complex based on external characters. Because there are no illustrations or descriptions of the male genitalia of
G. peruana
, we cannot determine whether
G. peruana
is closer to
G. obscurata
or to
G. opaca
.
To avoid attaching a species description to an existing name whose identity is questionable and for which no
type
specimen remains, we prefer to treat
G. peruana
as a
species inquirenda