Subspecies
Original
description
Original spelling: Drapetis aenea
Walker F (1871). List of Diptera collected in
Egypt and Arabia, by J. K. Lord, Esq.: with
descriptions of the species new to science. The
Entomologist 5, 272-275. The present species is
described on page 273.
Description text: "Female.-Aeneous, shining.
Antennae, abdomen and legs black. Tips of the
hind femora and of the hind tibiae tawny. Wings
pellucid; veins black, tawny at the base. Length
of the body 1 line".
Type locality: "Cairo", Egypt.
Synonyms
Drapetis brunnipes
Macquart, 1834 (nomen dubium, synonymy
unclear)
Drapetis aenea Walker, 1871 (p. 273)
Drapetis aeneus
Walker, 1871 (lapsus)
Crossopalpus aeneus (Walker,
1871)
Grossopalpus aeneus (Walker,
1871)
Type
locality: Cairo, Egypt
For a discussion
of the use of the genus name Crossopalpus
please see the note under Crossopalpus
curvipes or Crossopalpus
flexuosus.
Identification
Distribution
Biology
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