Synonymic notes on Lepidanthrax osten sacken and redescription of L. tinctus (Thomson) (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Anthracinae)

Lamas, Carlos José Einicker; Couri, Márcia Souto

doi:10.1590/S0101-81751996000400007

Abstract

Based on the analysis of types, Lepidanthrax brachialis (Thomson, 1869) and L. quinquepunclatus (Thomson, 1869) are considered junior synonyms of L. tinctus (Thomson, 1869). Notes and illustrations of the type are presented.

Diptera; Bombyliidae; Lepidanthrax; synonymic notes

Synonymic notes on Lepidanthrax osten sacken and redescription of L. tinctus (Thomson) (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Anthracinae)

Carlos José Einicker Lamas; Márcia Souto Couri

Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, 20940-040 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. CNPq fellow

ABSTRACT

Based on the analysis of types, Lepidanthrax brachialis (Thomson, 1869) and L. quinquepunclatus (Thomson, 1869) are considered junior synonyms of L. tinctus (Thomson, 1869). Notes and illustrations of the type are presented.

Key words: Diptera, Bombyliidae, Lepidanthrax, synonymic notes

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. We are very grateful to Dr. Bert Viklund (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Swedish Museum of Natural History), for the loan of the type material and also to Dr. Sérgio Augusto Fragoso (EMBRAPA) for the photos.

Recebido em 25.IX.1995; aceito em 02.XII.1996.

Evenhuis, N.L. 1983. An indexed bibliography of Bombyliidae (Insecta, Diptera), vol. 4. In: Theses Zoologicae. Braunschweig, J. Cramer, 493p.
Hall, J.C. 1976. A revision of the North and Central American species of Lepidanthrax Osten Sacken (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 102:289-371.
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Hull, F.M. 1973. The beeflies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 286:3-687.
Osten Sacken, C.R. 1886. Diptera, vol. I (part), p. 1-24, 25-48, 49-72, 73-104, 105-128. In: F.D. Godman & O. Salvin (Eds). Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoologia-Insecta-Diptera 1. London, 378p.
Painter, R.H. & E.M. Painter. 1962. Notes on and redescriptions of types of North American Bombyliidae (Diptera) in European museums. Jour. Kansas Ent. Soc. 35:2-164.
______. 1974. Notes on and redescriptions of types of South American Bombyliidae (Diptera) in European and United States Museums. Res. Publ. Kansas State Univ. Expt. Sta. 168:1-322.
Painter, R.H.; E.M. Painter & J. Hall. 1978. 38. Family Bombyliidae, p. 1-92. In: N. Papavero (Ed.). A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas South of the United States. São Paulo, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo.
Thomson, C.G. 1869. 6. Diptera. Species nova descripsit, p. 443-614. In: K.S. Vetenskaps-Akademien (Ed.). Kongliga svenska fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jorden 2. Stockholm, 617p, [1868]

Publication Dates

Publication in this collection
13 July 2009
Date of issue
1996

History

Accepted
02 Dec 1996
Received
25 Sept 1995

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[1] Evenhuis, N.L. 1983. An indexed bibliography of Bombyliidae (Insecta, Diptera), vol. 4. In: Theses Zoologicae. Braunschweig, J. Cramer, 493p.

[2] Hall, J.C. 1976. A revision of the North and Central American species of Lepidanthrax Osten Sacken (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 102:289-371.

[3] ³
Hull, F.M. 1973. The beeflies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 286:3-687.

[4] Osten Sacken, C.R. 1886. Diptera, vol. I (part), p. 1-24, 25-48, 49-72, 73-104, 105-128. In: F.D. Godman & O. Salvin (Eds). Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoologia-Insecta-Diptera 1. London, 378p.

[5] Painter, R.H. & E.M. Painter. 1962. Notes on and redescriptions of types of North American Bombyliidae (Diptera) in European museums. Jour. Kansas Ent. Soc. 35:2-164.

[6] ______. 1974. Notes on and redescriptions of types of South American Bombyliidae (Diptera) in European and United States Museums. Res. Publ. Kansas State Univ. Expt. Sta. 168:1-322.

[7] Painter, R.H.; E.M. Painter & J. Hall. 1978. 38. Family Bombyliidae, p. 1-92. In: N. Papavero (Ed.). A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas South of the United States. São Paulo, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo.

[8] Thomson, C.G. 1869. 6. Diptera. Species nova descripsit, p. 443-614. In: K.S. Vetenskaps-Akademien (Ed.). Kongliga svenska fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jorden 2. Stockholm, 617p, [1868]