Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Linnaemya --> Phebellia nigripalpis

Posted by Zeegers on 06-08-2023 08:06
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Alas, it is not a Linnaemyia, but a Phebellia. The balck palpus and golden frons clearly indicate Ph. nigripalpis.
Nomenclatoral note: over the last decades, the genus was named Prooppia. Unfortunately, the type species was incorrectly assessed acording to DNA analysis, which forced a change of names:
Prooppia (old) -> Phebellia (new)
Phebellia (old). ->. Melibaea (new)

My apologies for this mess.

See

https://kmkjournals.com/journals/EEJ/EEJ_Index_Volumes/EEJ_22/EEJ_22_2_085_094

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