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 Silvius alpinus and vituli is the same species??
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| donpedro34 |
Posted on 18-06-2013 19:46
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 Member Location: Austria Posts: 37 Joined: 28.07.12 |
Hi Forum, Im trying to find information on the Tabanidae Silvius vituli. When i look in your Gallery S. vituli and S. alpinus are different species, but Fauna Europaea states that they are synonyms, and the only real name is S. alpinus. http://www.faunae...p?id=66136 Should i categorize the S. vituli under S. alpinus? Any advice would be helpfull. Cheers Per Edited by donpedro34 on 18-06-2013 20:24 |
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| Sergiy Filatov |
Posted on 02-07-2013 10:26
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Member Location: Kharkiv, Ukraine Posts: 259 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Hi! Silvius vituli is the old name for S. alpinus (although according to Olsufjev, 1977, alpinus is the nomen oblitum for vituli  , hence in the soviet and post-soviet literature this species is still mentioned as vituli). So vituli in the gallery should be corrected on alpinus. There is a lot of confusion in the names of Diptera, especially in such a complex groups as Tabanidae, Ceratopogonidae, etc. And not the least cause of such imbroglio is the notorious "iron curtain". |
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