Dolichopus cilifemoratus Macquart, 1827

Kahanpaeae, Jere, 2013, A second update to the checklist of Finnish long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a re-evaluation of the status of Hydrophoruscallosoma Frey, 1915, Biodiversity Data Journal 1, pp. 976-976 : 976

Classification: Dolichopodidae Rank: SpeciesType of treatment: Redescription or species observationextantHabitat: terrestrialRoot classification: 8

Dolichopus cilifemoratus Macquart, 1827

= Dolichopus cilifemoratus Macquart, 1827

= Dolichopus pseudocilifemoratus Stackelberg, 1930

Materials

Occurrence: recordedBy: Olli Autio; Jukka Salmela; individualCount: 1; sex: male; Taxon: scientificName: Dolichopuscilifemoratus; order: Diptera; family: Dolichopodidae; scientificNameAuthorship: Macquart, 1827; Location: country: Finland; stateProvince: A; municipality: Eckerö; locality: Holmtraesket ; verbatimCoordinates: 670517:309246; verbatimCoordinateSystem: ykj; decimalLatitude: 60.253; decimalLongitude: 19.627; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinatePrecision: 200; Identification: identifiedBy: Jere Kahanpää; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2007-06-15/07-27; Record Level: collectionCode: Priv. Coll. J. Kahanpää; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

New to Finland. Widespread in Europe, but many records should be confirmed due to the frequent misuse of this name for Dolichopus trivialis Haliday, 1832 ( Pollet 2013).

Discussion

This name has a confused history of use, which can be traced back to von Stackelberg (1930), who erroneously synonymised Macquart's Dolichopus cilifemoratus with the species now called Dolichopus trivialis Haliday, 1832. He then created a new name, Dolichopus pseudocilifemoratus Stackelberg, 1930. Subsequent authors have often repeated Stackelberg's mistake. This record represents the first time the genuine Dolichopus cilifemoratus of Macquart is found in Finland.