Taxonomic notes on Western Palaearctic Conopidae (Diptera)
Author
Stuke, Jens-Hermann
text
Zootaxa
2016
4178
4
521
534
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4178.4.4
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1175-5326
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P. punctum
(
Bigot, 1887
)
Conops punctum
Bigot, 1887
: 45
; type-locality: “Pays...? Amér. merid.?”; syntypus 2♂ 2♀ [BMNH]
Camras (1996)
states that the
syntypes
of
Physocephala punctum
do not belong to any Nearctic species, contrary to the locus typicus given in the original description: “Pays...? Amér. merid.?”. Camras did not identify the species and therefore
P. punctum
should be treated as a nomen dubium until such time as the
type
material can be investigated.