Cordylura aricina Zetterstedt, 1846

Šifner, František, 2008, A catalogue of the Scathophagidae (Diptera) of the Palaearctic region, with notes on their taxonomy and faunistics, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (1), pp. 111-196 : 178

Cordylura aricina Zetterstedt, 1846

Cordylura aricina Zetterstedt, 1846: 2034 . HOLOTYPE: ♀, Denmark, ‘ Hab. in Dania rarissime, D. Staeger, qui specimen descriptum ante plures anos communicavit [= rare in Denmark, Mr. Staeger, who sent us the described specimen many years ago]’; no additional data quoted in the original paper (depository unknown).

Note. ZETTERSTEDT (1846) wrote: ‘ ♀. Parva, similis Ariciae eujusdam mineoris […] Antennae nigrae, seta microscopica pubera, basi incrassata, […] Palpi non longi, subfiliformes, pilosati, nigri […] Pedes simplicipes, nigri, setulosi. [= ♀. Small, similar to Aricia but smaller […] Antennae black, arista microscopically plumose, at base stronger […] palpi not long, fine, bearded, black […] legs simple, black, with bristles.]’ This species was not marked by Zetterstedt as ‘n. sp.’ SCHINER (1864a: 12) quoted it as ‘ Cleigastra aricina Zett. from Denmark’ and BECKER (1905: 1) regarded it as a valid species. It was not listed by GORODKOV (1986). Staeger is recognized by ZETTERSTEDT (1846) as author of the original description of Cordylura aricina , in contrast to papers of all subsequent specialists. However, the original paper of Staeger is so far unknown. Zetterstedt is accepted as the single author of the description. The identity of the species remains entirely unclear.