Posted by Liekele Sijstermans on 02-04-2009 23:10
#3
male of Metopia roserii
By Pape 1996 as Metopia argentata based on - to my knowledge - hitherto unverifyed assumptions.
Liekele
Posted by Xespok on 03-04-2009 13:43
#4
Does this mean that argentata (sensu Pape) is roserii, or generarlly argentata is roserii?
Posted by Liekele Sijstermans on 03-04-2009 22:37
#5
argentata sensu Pape, 1996 is roserii
different autors have different interpretation
Pape 1996 provisionally assigns argentata as senior synonym of roserii because he has seen a specimen of roserii from Brem labeled "argentata" and Macquart assigned argentata to a specimen of Brem.
Some autors have a different opinion (as explained by Pape himself).
quite complicated issue and usually i prefer to follow Pape, 1996 but on this one i think Pape is jumping to conclusions too quick instead off maintaining stability of nomenclature.
Liekele