Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Neottiophilidae?
Posted by conopid on 12-05-2008 23:26
#1
I found this fly wandering about in the kitchen. It looks like the Neottiophilidae in the gallery. Am I right?
Posted by Paul Beuk on 13-05-2008 07:06
#2
Neottiophilum praeustum, male.
Posted by Jan Willem on 13-05-2008 07:09
#3
Yes, this is
Neottiophilum praeustrum. As far as I know it is currently placed in the family Piophilidae (subfamily Neottiophilinae). I always thought is was
N. praeustum, but this seems to be a misspelling and should be
N. praeustrum.
Maybe Andrey Ozerov can tell us more about this?
Edited by Jan Willem on 13-05-2008 07:14
Posted by Paul Beuk on 13-05-2008 07:35
#4
praeustum is correct, the praeustrum must be a scanning/typographical error. Check
http://www.dipter...?cat_id=15 where you can find a downloadable zip archive with Meigen's 1826 paper. The Meigen_1826a.pdf paper op p. 257 clearly states
Dryom. praeusta.
Posted by Jan Willem on 13-05-2008 08:56
#5
Thanks Paul! On www.faunaeur.org (which is certainly not without typo's) it says "praeust
rum". I also found a few other sites with this spelling. Therefor I thought I had just missed a name change.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 13-05-2008 09:28
#6
Probably a repetitive error.