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Home How to cite this site Terms & conditions Disclaimer Contact Site tutorial / Help Links	Hilara cinereomicans Subspecies Original description Synonyms Hilara cinereomicans Strobl, 1892 Hilara czernyi Strobl (in Czerny et Strobl), 1909 (p. 176) (unclear synonym, see note below) Note: Hilara czernyi has been described on the basis of a pair (male and female) collected in Spain. The types are lost (Chvala, 2008) and the description reveals a taxon with similarities to either H. cinereomicans, H. setosa, and H. ponti (another spanish species). Given the incomplete description and the lost types, the identity of this taxon will probably remain unclear. However, Strobl (in Czerny and Strobl (1909)) states in his description: "Das [symbol for "female", but this is an typesetter´s error and should be the symbol for "male"] stimmt so vollkommen mit meiner ausführlichen Beschreibung und den Originalexemplaren der cinereomicans [überein], daß ich es kaum unterscheiden kann" (translation: "The [male] agrees so perfectly with my extensive description and the original specimens of cinereomicans that I can barely tell them apart") and then only gives minor color differences and slight differences in the presence of hairs or bristles as diagnostic characters, which might be interpreted as individual variation or differences in the state of conservation of the specimens. The females of both taxa are described as very similar as well and can only be separated by slight differences in color. Thus, the extensive similarities between cinereomicans and czernyi strongly suggest that they are conspecific and I list this name here as a provisional synonym of H. cinereomicans. Identification Distribution Biology This page has been updated on December 5, 2011 This site is online since May 31, 2005 Copyright © by Nikola-Michael Prpic. All rights reserved.	Related information: Subspecies Original description Synonyms Identification Distribution Biology References