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Platypalpus orphnus

  • 1. Instituto de Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación, Santiago, Chile christian. gonzalez @ umce. cl; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2582 - 6071
  • 2. Área de Entomología, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago, Chile
  • 3. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brasil

Description

Platypalpus orphnus (Collin, 1933)

Tachydromia orphna Collin, 1933: 15.

Syntypes. Two males, and two females (NHMUK), Lago Gutiérrez, Argentina, and Casa Pangue, Chile; two males, and one female (USNM), Bariloche, Argentina, and Angol, Chile.

Distribution. Argentina: Neuquén Province, Río Negro Province (Bariloche, Lago Gutiérrez). Bolivia: Santa Cruz Department (Ichilo Province). Chile: Región de La Araucanía: Malleco Province (Angol); Región de Los Lagos: Llanquihue Province (Casa Pangue).

References. Collin, 1933: 13 (in key as Tachydromia), 15 (com.); Stuardo, 1946: 104 (cat., as Tachydromia); Smith, 1967: 7 (cat., as Platypalpus); Pont, 1995: 124 (typ.); Raffone, 2012: 99 (list, one female from Bolivia).

Notes

Published as part of González, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario & Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2021, A catalog of the Hybotidae of Chile (Diptera: Empidoidea), pp. 161-174 in Zootaxa 5005 (2) on page 168, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5141409

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NHMUK , USNM
Family
Hybotidae
Genus
Platypalpus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Collin
Species
orphnus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Platypalpus orphnus (Collin, 1933) sec. González, Elgueta & Ale-Rocha, 2021

References

  • Collin, J. E. (1933) Part IV Empididae. In: Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 1 - 334.
  • Stuardo, C. (1946) Catalogo de los Dipteros de Chile. Imprenta Universitaria. Santiago, 250 pp.
  • Smith, K. G. V. (1967) Family Empididae (Empidae, Hybotidae). 39. In: Papavero, N. (Ed.), A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas south of the United States. Departamento de Zoologia, SaTo Paulo, pp. 1 - 67.
  • Pont, A. C. (1995) The type-material of Diptera (Insecta) described by G. H. Verrall and J. E. Collin. Oxford University Museum Publication 3. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 223 pp.
  • Raffone, G. (2012) New or interesting records of Diptera Empididae and Hybotidae from Bolivia with description of Platypalpus pseudomollitus n. sp. (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera). Bollettino del Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia, 63, 97 - 101.