Epopter Wiedemann, 1830a: 91

EVENHUIS, NEAL L. & PONT, ADRIAN C., 2013, Nomenclatural studies toward a world catalog of Diptera genus-group names. III. Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann, Zootaxa 3638 (1), pp. 1-75 : 28-29

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scientific name	Epopter Wiedemann, 1830a: 91
status

Treatment

14. Epopter Wiedemann, 1830a: 91 .

ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Psarus ornatus Wiedemann, 1830 .

TYPE SPECIES: Psarus ornatus Wiedemann, 1830 [= Chrysotoxum vittata Wiedemann, 1830 ], by monotypy. CURRENT STATUS: Junior synonym of Sphecomyia Latreille, 1829 . New synonymy.

FAMILY: SYRPHIDAE .

REMARKS: Epopter has not been listed as an available name in any of the recent regional catalogs of Diptera . It was originally ( Wiedemann, 1830a: 91) proposed in synonymy with Psarus ornatus Wiedemann, 1830 and was made available by usage as a valid taxon before 1961 [e.g., by Packard (1877: 291)]. Psarus ornatus is currently treated as a junior synonym of Chrysotoxum vittata Wiedemann, 1830 [ teste Poole (1996: 267)] in the genus Sphecomyia Latreille, 1829 . Epopter Wiedemann, 1830 is thus a junior synonym of Sphecomyia Latreille, 1829 , n. syn.

References

Packard, A. S. (1877) Half hours with insects. Estes & Lauriat, Boston. viii + 383 pp. [31 December +]

Poole, R. W. (1996) Diptera, pp. 15 - 604. In: Poole, R. W. & Gentili, P. (eds.), Nomina Insecta Nearctica. A checklist of the insects of North America. Volume 3: Diptera, Lepidoptera, Siphonaptera. Entomological Information Services, Rockville, Maryland. 1143 pp. [22 November] [Date recorded in BioAbstracts / RRM.]

Wiedemann, C. R. W. (1830 a) Aussereuropaische zweiflugelige Insekten. Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werks. Zweiter Theil. Schulz, Hamm. xii + 684 pp., 5 pls. [1 September] [From the publisher Schulz's advertisement at the back of Meigen, 1830, Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Sechster Theil. In addition, it was advertised as published in the Allgemeines Verzeichniss der Bucher at the Michelmesse book fair in Leipzig for 1830.]