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Hilara hybrida
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Subspecies
Original
description
Synonyms
Hilara nitidula
nova Siebke, 1877 (p. 29) (nomen dubium)
Hilara nova
(Siebke, 1877)
Hilara hybrida
Collin, 1961
Platyhilara hybrida (Collin,
1961)
Note: Platyhilara is mostly regarded as a
subgenus of Hilara. Yang et al. (2007) elevate
it to genus level. However, they do not
provide evidence that by excluding Platyhilara
from Hilara the remaining Hilara is not
rendered paraphyletic. I thus do not follow
this notion here and keep the present species
in Hilara.
Note: The taxon Hilara nitidula nova described
from Norway is a nomen dubium and its identity
is unclear. It has been described by Siebke
(1877) as a variety of Hilara nitidula and
thus should belong to the subgenus
Platyhilara. There are only 5 species of this
subgenus in Norway of which H. nitidula, H.
femorella and H. maura were known to Siebke
and thus the new taxon must belong to any of
the remaining two: H. diversipes or H.
hybrida. Yang et al. (2007) suggest synonymy
with H. hybrida and I agree with this notion
for the following reasons: Siebke (1877) gives
as the single diagnostic character that the
hind tibiae in the female are broadened. This
is the case in both species, but the
broadening is more conspicuous in H. hybrida.
Identification
Distribution
Biology
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