Posted by Kahis on 02-11-2007 17:09
#2
auct. nec. = name was used for wrong species by several authors.
In this case I guess Loew erroneously though Linnaeus'
femoratus was identical with
valgus and thus he described
curvipes as a new species. Other authors followed Loew's intepretation, until someone checked the types and realised that the name
femoratus Linnaeus was used for the wrong species.