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&quot; 
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R. D.&quot;
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A female of 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FE2FA303FDD1FD88" box="[416,615,577,602]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion cinereum</emphasis>
(Fabricius, 1794)
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. The antennae are missing, but otherwise the specimen is well preserved.
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The separation of 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FD82A3D3FD62FD78" box="[525,724,657,682]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion cinereum</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FC82A3D3FC7EFD78" box="[781,968,657,682]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion notatum</emphasis>
(Meigen, 1804)
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is only possible by means of the antennal colouring, and it may well be that the presently accepted recognition of these two taxa as separate species is erroneous. In any event, this characteristic cannot be used in this case and the specimen is therefore assigned to the much more frequently recorded taxon, 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FDAAA273FD5AFC98" box="[549,748,817,842]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion cinereum</emphasis>
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.
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The specimen bears the following labels: (1) &quot;Z. / 
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/ coll. Big.&quot; [round, white label]; (2) &quot; 
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/ 
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R. D.&quot; [light­blue label].
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This specimen was determined and labelled by Robineau­Desvoidy, and can therefore be interpreted as a 
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of 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FDF6A293FC90FC38" box="[633,806,977,1002]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion carceli</emphasis>
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. Since this specimen appears to be the only known 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FCD3A2BBFBB0FBC0" box="[860,1030,1017,1042]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion carceli</emphasis>
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it is herewith designated 
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and the following label has been added: &quot; 
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/ 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FB9FA563FB08FBE8" box="[1040,1214,1057,1082]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion carceli</emphasis>
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/ 
<bibRefCitation id="EFEDF082FF9ACA48FB56A563FE45FBB1" author="Robineau-Desvoidy" pageId="8" pageNumber="12" refString="Robineau-Desvoidy, A. J. B. (1853) Dipteres des environs de Paris (1). Famille des Myopaires. Bulletin de la societe des sciences historiques et naturelles de Lyonne, 7, 83 - 160; Lyonne." type="journal article" year="1853">Robineau­Desvoidy, 1853</bibRefCitation>
/ des. Stuke &amp; Clements, 2005&quot; [red label, printed].
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<taxonomicName id="4C7CF6F0FF9ACA48FEB7A533FCAAFB59" authority="Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853" authorityName="Robineau-Desvoidy" authorityYear="1853" box="[312,796,1137,1163]" class="Insecta" family="Conopidae" genus="Zodion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carceli">
<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FEB7A533FE54FB58" box="[312,482,1137,1162]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion carceli</emphasis>
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was previously considered to be a valid species but is herewith placed as a junior synonym of 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FCDCA5DBFBAFFB60" box="[851,1049,1177,1202]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion cinereum</emphasis>
(Fabricius, 1794)
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[
<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FB76A5DBFE8DFB09" bold="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">syn. nov.</emphasis>
]. 
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a result, this name is no longer available for the species previously interpreted as 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FE87A5ABFE02FAD0" box="[264,436,1257,1282]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion carceli</emphasis>
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by later workers, and as shown in the checklist of 
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, and that species therefore requires a new name.
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The description of 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FD98A47BFD72FA80" box="[535,708,1337,1362]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion rufipes</emphasis>
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corresponds with that of 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FBF0A47BFA9CFA80" box="[1151,1322,1337,1362]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion carceli</emphasis>
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auct. in all particulars and clearly describes the key identification characteristics usually ascribed to the latter. 
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does not mention 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FCE3A4CBFBA0FA70" box="[876,1046,1417,1442]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion carceli</emphasis>
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in his work on the Chinese 
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, although 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FDC6A4F3FD41FA18" box="[585,759,1457,1482]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion carceli</emphasis>
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auct. is reported from 
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and southern Siberia by 
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and its occurrence in northern 
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could therefore well be expected. On the other hand, 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FDE8A743FCA3F9C8" box="[615,789,1537,1562]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion rufipes</emphasis>
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has thus far only been recorded from 
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. We believe it is very likely that 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FDF3A76BFC9FF990" box="[636,809,1577,1602]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion rufipes</emphasis>
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is identical with 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FB0FA76BFA9CF990" box="[1152,1322,1577,1602]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion carceli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
auct. However, the use of this name for 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FD62A713FC2CF9B8" box="[749,922,1617,1642]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion carceli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
auct. is not recommended at this time because the 
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material of 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FD1DA73BFC88F940" box="[658,830,1657,1682]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion rufipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has not been examined and no material of this species from 
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has been available to date.
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<bibRefCitation id="EFEDF082FF9ACA48FEB7A78BFE5FF931" author="Szilady" box="[312,489,1737,1763]" pageId="8" pageNumber="12" refString="Szilady, Z. (1926) Dipterenstudien. Annales historico naturalis musei nationalis Hungarici, 24, 586 - 611; Budapest." type="journal article" year="1926">Szilády (1926)</bibRefCitation>
described &quot; 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FDF3A78BFCF1F930" box="[636,839,1737,1762]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion cinereum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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var. 
<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FC07A78BFC68F930" box="[904,990,1737,1762]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">kröberi</emphasis>
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m.&quot; with the statement [in translation] &quot;distinguished from the usual 
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by the fine and even speckling of the abdomen&quot; — a description which could just as readily be applied to 
<taxonomicName id="4C7CF6F0FF9ACA48FB89A65BFB04F8E0" box="[1030,1202,1817,1842]" class="Insecta" family="Conopidae" genus="Zodion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carceli">
<emphasis id="B9085161FF9ACA48FB89A65BFB04F8E0" box="[1030,1202,1817,1842]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Zodion carceli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
auct. The inconspicuousness or absence of black spots at the bases of the upstanding hairs of the abdomen is an important diagnostic characteristic of 
<taxonomicName id="4C7CF6F0FF9BCA49FC0DA05EFB86FEE7" box="[898,1072,284,309]" class="Insecta" family="Conopidae" genus="Zodion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carceli">
<emphasis id="B9085161FF9BCA49FC0DA05EFB86FEE7" box="[898,1072,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Zodion carceli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
auct., the concept of which is thus not contradicted by Szilády’s brief description of 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9BCA49FC74A006FBEBFE8F" box="[1019,1117,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">kroeberi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. An examination of the 
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material is no longer possible because the collection of Szilády was destroyed (Papp in litt.). The taxon was not discussed by Kröber to our knowledge, and it was listed by 
<bibRefCitation id="EFEDF082FF9BCA49FEA2A0FEFDF5FE04" author="Chvala" box="[301,579,444,470]" pageId="9" pageNumber="12" refString="Chvala, M. &amp; Smith, K. G. V. (1988) Conopidae. In: Soos, A. &amp; Papp, L. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palearctic Diptera. Volume 8. Elsevier, Amsterdam-Oxford-New York-Tokyo, 363 pp." type="book" year="1988">Chvála &amp; Smith (1988)</bibRefCitation>
as a synonym of 
<taxonomicName id="4C7CF6F0FF9BCA49FC9EA0FEFB1BFE04" authority="Fabricius, 1794" authorityName="Fabricius" authorityYear="1794" box="[785,1197,444,470]" class="Insecta" family="Conopidae" genus="Zodion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cinereum">
<emphasis id="B9085161FF9BCA49FC9EA0FEFC6EFE07" box="[785,984,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Zodion cinereum</emphasis>
(Fabricius, 1794)
</taxonomicName>
. We therefore propose to consider 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9BCA49FDA6A0A6FD52FE2F" box="[553,740,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Zodion kroeberi</emphasis>
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as a valid species [
<emphasis id="B9085161FF9BCA49FBE6A0A1FB64FE2F" bold="true" box="[1129,1234,483,509]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">stat. rev.</emphasis>
] and to introduce this name for 
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<emphasis id="B9085161FF9BCA49FDAFA34EFD7DFDF7" box="[544,715,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Zodion carceli</emphasis>
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auct.
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