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Issue: Vol. 4238 No. 1: 2 Mar. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-03-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.1.12
Page range: 143–150
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Dolichopus nimbatus Parent, 1927 revisited, with two new synonyms (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)

Research Group Species Diversity (SPECDIV), Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Kliniekstraat 25, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium Research Group Terrestrial Ecology (TEREC), University of Ghent (Ugent), K.L.Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium Department of Entomology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Diptera Dolichopus nimbatus Parent Dolichopus balius Meuffels Dolichopus thalhammeri Knézy new synonyms Europe distribution ecology

Abstract

On the basis of comparison between the female holotype of Dolichopus nimbatus Parent and the female paratype of D. balius Meuffels, and comparison of a male paratype of D. balius with the description of D. thalhammeri Knézy, D. balius and D. thalhammeri are designated junior synonyms of D. nimbatus. Dolichopus nimbatus ranges from northern France and Belgium to southern Turkey. Ecological features might explain its rarity in collections.

 

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