Posted by David Gibbs on 03-11-2008 10:30
#5
i am afraid the situation if far more confused. Of the list you give venusta=circumdata. According to Evenhuis & Greathead 1999
circumdata is an unjustified replacement name for
fasciata Meigen, 1804. However, Chandler, 1998 following Francois 1968 decided that the British species formerly known as
circumdata Meigen, 1920 should be known as
venusta Meigen 1920. The reasoning is that the type of
circumdata is a female whereas that of
venusta, described on a following page of the same publication, is a male. Make of all that what you will!