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Remarks on Zodion nigritarsis (Strobl, 1902) and other European species of Zodion Latreille, 1796, with a revised key (Diptera, Conopidae)

Remarks on Zodion nigritarsis (Strobl, 1902) and other European species of Zodion Latreille,... Remarks on Zodion nigritarsis (Strobl, 1902) and other European species of Zodion Latreille, 1796, with a revised key (Diptera, Conopidae) Maurizio Mei & Jens-Hermann Stuke The male of Zodion nigritarsis (Strobl, 1902) is described and the known distribution of the species summarised. Some old names of Zodion Latreille, 1796 are reviewed and the following new synonymies are proposed: Zodion frontalis (Fabricius, 1805), Z. notatum (Meigen, 1804) and Z. subapertum Rondani, 1868 are synonymised with Zodion cinereum (Fabricius, 1794), Zodion grande Kröber, 1915 is synonymised with Z. nigritarsis Strobl, 1902. A key for the identification of the European Zodion species, with illustrations of the thecae and drawings of the male genitalia, is presented. Maurizio Mei *, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell’Uomo, Entomologia, Piazzale Valerio Massimo 6, I-00162 Rome, Italy. maurizio.mei@uniroma1.it Jens-Hermann Stuke, Roter Weg 22, D-26789 Leer, Germany. jhstuke@zfn.uni-bremen.de Introduction description of the previously unknown male. An The conopid Zodion nigritarsis (Strobl, 1902) investigation into the possible synonymies involved was originally described as a species of Glossigona with this species led us to carry out a wider survey Rondani, 1856, a junior synonym of Melanosoma of some other problematic taxa, and to prepare a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Tijdschrift voor Entomologie Brill

Remarks on Zodion nigritarsis (Strobl, 1902) and other European species of Zodion Latreille, 1796, with a revised key (Diptera, Conopidae)

Mei, M.; Stuke, J. H.
Tijdschrift voor Entomologie , Volume 151 (1): 8 – Jan 1, 2008
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Remarks on Zodion nigritarsis (Strobl, 1902) and other European species of Zodion Latreille, 1796, with a revised key (Diptera, Conopidae) Maurizio Mei & Jens-Hermann Stuke The male of Zodion nigritarsis (Strobl, 1902) is described and the known distribution of the species summarised. Some old names of Zodion Latreille, 1796 are reviewed and the following new synonymies are proposed: Zodion frontalis (Fabricius, 1805), Z. notatum (Meigen, 1804) and Z. subapertum Rondani, 1868 are synonymised with Zodion cinereum (Fabricius, 1794), Zodion grande Kröber, 1915 is synonymised with Z. nigritarsis Strobl, 1902. A key for the identification of the European Zodion species, with illustrations of the thecae and drawings of the male genitalia, is presented. Maurizio Mei *, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e dell’Uomo, Entomologia, Piazzale Valerio Massimo 6, I-00162 Rome, Italy. maurizio.mei@uniroma1.it Jens-Hermann Stuke, Roter Weg 22, D-26789 Leer, Germany. jhstuke@zfn.uni-bremen.de Introduction description of the previously unknown male. An The conopid Zodion nigritarsis (Strobl, 1902) investigation into the possible synonymies involved was originally described as a species of Glossigona with this species led us to carry out a wider survey Rondani, 1856, a junior synonym of Melanosoma of some other problematic taxa, and to prepare a

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