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Home How to cite this site Terms & conditions Disclaimer Contact Site tutorial / Help Links	Siphona geniculata Subspecies Original description Synonyms Musca geniculata De Geer, 1776 Siphona geniculata (De Geer, 1776) Musca urbanus Harris, 1780 Siphona urbana (Harris, 1780) Siphona urbanis auct. (misspelling) Note: this species has been revised by Andersen (1996) who examined the type specimens. The types are in good conditions and he found that they all belonged to a species at the time generally called "Siphona cristata" and therefore he replaced this name with the name "Siphona geniculata", because this was the older name. For the species that was then called "Siphona geniculata" he reinstated the name "Siphona urbana". This action was totally correct from a scientific perspective, but it "swapped" the widely used name "Siphona geniculata" from one species to another. Some authors have therefore feared that this could lead to confusion and have therefore proposed the selection of a neotype for "Siphona geniculata" to "swap back" the names (Herting et al. 1999). This rather unusual action has been adopted by the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature (2001). Thus, the synonymy above is the correct one and differs from the one of Andersen´s revision. However, the problem that arises from this action is, that the text of De Geer´s description does not fit with the type specimens anymore, because under Musca geniculata he described his specimens that belong to Siphona cristata. This could lead to further confusion and should be kept in mind when older literature is studied. Identification Distribution Biology This page has been updated on February 19, 2012 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