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Empis rustica
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Subspecies
Original
description
Synonyms
Empis rufipes
Gmelin, 1790 or 1788? (nec Scopoli, 1763; nec
Fabricius, 1805; nec Meigen, 1804; nec
Wiedemann, 1830) (nomen dubium; see note below)
(junior homonym)
Empis rustica Fallén, 1816
Empis rufipes Fabricius, 1805 (nec Scopoli,
1763; nec Gmelin, 1790 or 1788; nec Meigen, 1804;
nec Wiedemann, 1830)
Note: with the name Empis rufipes Gmelin
(1790) named a specimen in the "Museum
Leskeanum", the private collection of Nathaniel
Gottfried Leske (1751-1786). However, Gmelin
presumably never saw the specimen, but just
copied the description of the specimen from the
list in "Museum Leskeanum" (Zschach 1788;
Karsten 1789) and invented an "appropriate"
binomial name for it. Thus, the name is a nomen
dubium and cannot be assigned to species.
However, based on the short description in the
"Museum Leskeanum" I suggest that it might be a
synonym of Empis rustica. This conclusion is
supported by the fact that Fabricius (who was
likely aware of both Gmelin´s book and the
Museum Leskeanum) later also chose this name for
a specimen conspecific with Empis rustica.
Identification
Distribution
Biology
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