Leptynoma sericea, Westwood, 1876

Bueno, Gabriel M., Kehlmaier, Christian & Santos, Charles Morphy D., 2021, A worldwide catalog of the Vermileonidae (Diptera: Brachycera), Zootaxa 5060 (4), pp. 489-514 : 498

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.4.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4ABC62E0-9793-48E1-91B1-BCA2787D669B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5644116

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BF87C0-FFBB-FFAB-FF4E-B304B0C89C5D

treatment provided by

Plazi (2021-11-02 07:07:15, last updated 2024-11-26 00:12:22)

scientific name

Leptynoma sericea
status

 

sericea Westwood, 1876 View in CoL

Lampromyia sericea, Osten Sacken, 1883

Lampromyia argentata Bigot, 1885 View in CoL

Holotype: sex not indicated in orig. des., “ Damara Land ” [Damaraland], Namibia ( SAMC). Dist.: widespread in south-western Cape. Known from Maanschijnkop Nature Reserve {34°23’S 19°20’E}; GoogleMaps Skoorsteenkop, Hout Bay {34°01’S 18°22’3E}; GoogleMaps Rex River {33°25’S 19°35’E}; GoogleMaps Kleinmond Nature Reserve [34°20’S 19°00’E]; GoogleMaps Stellenbosch [33°56’S 18°52’E]; GoogleMaps Matroosberg, Ceres Division {33°25’S 19°18’E}; GoogleMaps Koue Bokkeveld, Ceres dist. {33°05’S 19°24’E}; GoogleMaps Witrivier, Bains Kloof {33°37’S 19°06’E}; GoogleMaps Witzenberg Valley {33°19’S 19°29’E}; GoogleMaps Rust en Vrede , near Oudtshoorn {33°23’S 22°21’E}; GoogleMaps Rivierzonderend {34°06’S 19°54’E}; GoogleMaps Oudebosch, French Hoek (Cape prov.) [33°55’S 19°07’E]; GoogleMaps Bontebok NP, 7km S Swellendam (SW Cape) {34°04’S 20°28’E}; GoogleMaps Op die Berg (Cape prov.) {33°01’S 19°18’E} / {32°46’S 19°16’E}. GoogleMaps

Refs.: Westwood, 1876: 518 (des.); Osten Sacken, 1883: 296 (syn. proposal: Leptynoma as a subspecies of Lampromyia ); Bigot 1885: 68 (des.) as a new species Lampromyia argentat a; Kertész, 1908: 298 (cat.) as Lampromyi a; Bezzi, 1926: 298 ––300 (redes. as Lampromyia ); Engel & Gill, 1929: 149 ––152, 155––156, 158 (figs., larv. and pupae des.), 152––153 (larv. biol.) as Lampromyia ; Engel, 1929: 173 (figs.) as Lampromyi a; Wheeler, 1930: 179, 254 (figs.), 260––261 (redes.), 261––264 (com. on larval morphology) as Lampromyia ); Stuckenberg, 1960: 221, 232, 235 (figs.), 228 (key), 237 (diag.), 237––238 (redes.), 294––297 (biog. cons.), 295 (dist.) as Lampromyia ; Majer, 1988: 35 (cat. as Lampromyia ); Stuckenberg, 1996a: 250 (fig.), 249 (phyl.), 254 (key), 255 (dist.); Stuckenberg, 1998b: 173 (phyl.), 175 (dist.), 175––181 (biog. cons.); Nagatomi et al., 1999: 15 ––16 (cat.).

Remark: The holotype’s location was mentioned as “ Damara Land ” [Damaraland] in Westwood’s orig. des. However, this information is not confirmed in recent works, such as Stuckenberg (1996a, 1998b).

Bezzi, M. (1926) South African Rhagionidae (Diptera) in the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 23, 297 - 324.

Bigot, J. M. F. (1885) [Note on Lampromyia Macquart.]. Bulletin entomologique de la Societe Entomologique de France, 6 (5), lxviii.

Engel, E. O. & Gill, E. L. (1929) Notes on two larvae of south African Diptera belonging to the families Leptidae and Asilidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 18 (2), 147 - 162.

Kertesz, K. (1908) Catalogus dipterorum Hucusque Descriptorum. Vol. III. G. Engelmann, Budapestini, 367 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 5141

Majer, J. (1988) Family Vermileonidae. In: Soos, A., Papp, L. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Vol. 5. Academiai Kiado, Budapest, pp. 34 - 35.

Nagatomi, A., Yang, C. & Yang, D. (1999) The Chinese species and the world genera of Vermileonidae (Diptera). Japan Society of Tropical Ecology, 1, 1 - 155.

Osten Sacken, C. R. (1883) Synonymica concerning exotic dipterology. No. II. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 27, 295 - 298. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 18830270219

Stuckenberg, B. R. (1960) Diptera (Brachycera): Rhagionidae. South African Animal Life Series, 7, 216 - 308.

Stuckenberg, B. R. (1996 a) A revised generic classification of the wormlion flies of Southern Africa previously placed in Lampromyia Macquart, with reinstatement of Leptynoma Westwood 1876. Annals of the Natal Museum, 37 (1), 239 - 266.

Stuckenberg, B. R. (1998 b) A new Namibian wormlion species, with an account of the biogeography of Leptynoma Westwood s. str. and its association with anthophily in the Fynbos and Succulent Karoo Biomes (Diptera, Vermileonidae). Annals of the Natal Museum, 39 (1), 165 - 183.

Westwood, J. O. (1876) Description of new genera and species of the family Acroceridae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1876, 505 - 518.

Wheeler, W. M. (1930) Demons of the dust. W. W. Norton & Company, London, 378 pp.

SAMC

Iziko Museums of Cape Town

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Vermileonidae

Genus

Leptynoma