Vermipardus immaculatus, Carles-Tolra & Cuesta-Segura, 2020

Bueno, Gabriel M., Kehlmaier, Christian & Santos, Charles Morphy D., 2021, A worldwide catalog of the Vermileonidae (Diptera: Brachycera), Zootaxa 5060 (4), pp. 489-514 : 501

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5060.4.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5644140
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scientific name	Vermipardus immaculatus
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immaculatus Carles-Tolrá & Cuesta-Segura, 2020

Holotype: Male , Qrendi, Malta (Carles-Tolrá personal collection).

Dist.: MALTA: species restricted to the island, reported from Qrendi [35°49’57.9”N 14°27’18.1E] / [35°49’51.6”N 14°27’25.5”E], GoogleMaps Dingli [35°51’43.8”N 14°23’51.5E] / [35°51’34.0”N 14°23’50.9”E], GoogleMaps Valleta [35°53’46.78”N 14°30’41.26”E], GoogleMaps Ghar Dalam Cave [35°50’11.5”N 14°31’40.8”E], GoogleMaps Balzan {35°53’N 14°27’E GoogleMaps } and Guardamangia {35°53’N 14°29’E GoogleMaps }.

Refs.: Zammit-Maempel, 1985: 366 (dist.) as Vermileo sp.; Ebejer, 1995: 87 (dist.) as Vermileo sp.; 271–276 (figs.), 277 (dist.); Carles-Tolrá & Cuesta-Segura, 2020: 266–267 (des.); Ebejer & Gatt, 2021: 19 (list.), 20 (list., syn. proposal to V. vermileo ); Kehlmaier, 2021: 342 (phyl., dist.).

Remark: the synonimization proposed by Ebejer & Gatt (2021) should be rejected, based on recent barcoding evidence ( Kehlmaier, 2021).

References

Carles-Tolra, M. & Cuesta-Segura, A. D. (2020) Vermileo immaculatus sp. n.: a new vermileonid species from Malta. Arquivos Entomoloxicos, 22, 265 - 277.

Ebejer, M. J. (1995) Notes and new records of the larger Brachycera (Diptera) of Malta. The Central Mediterranean Naturalist, 2 (3), 86 - 96.

Ebejer, M. J., & Gatt, P. (2021) A checklist of the Diptera (Insecta) of the Maltese Islands. Zootaxa, 5018 (1), 1 - 75. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5018.1.1

Kehlmaier, C. (2021) DNA barcoding reveals an unexpected diversity in Old World Vermileonidae (Insecta: Diptera). Bonn Zoological Bulletin, 70 (2), 339 - 349. https: // doi. org / 10.20363 / BZB- 2021.70.2.339

Zammit-Maempel, G. (1985) Biology and ecology of Ghar Dalam cave, Malta. Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Serie A, 92, 351 - 374.