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Posted by Vladimir Davydov on 02-11-2007 15:54

http://perso.oran...Liste.html

Chalcosyrphus femoratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
= C. curvipes(Loew,1854)
Chalcosyrphus valgus (Gmelin, 1790)
= C. femoratus auct. nec. Linnaeus, 1758

How to understand : auct. nec.?

Posted by Kahis on 02-11-2007 18:09

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.

Posted by Vladimir Davydov on 02-11-2007 21:41

Thanks Kahis :D . The truth I all the same have not understood , it C.femoratus or C.vlgus :
http://macroclub....at=0&pos=4

Edited by Vladimir Davydov on 02-11-2007 22:02

Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-11-2007 22:07

Glossary: auct. header=[auct.] body=[auctorum<br /><img src='infusions//terms/images/no_image.gif' style='vertical-align:middle;' />] delay=[0] fade=[on]

and nec

header=[nec] body=[Latin: 'and not' (of); 'nor' (of), used to distinguish from a homonym. For example: Cheilosia antiqua Becker, 1894 nec (Meigen, 1822) indicates that the taxon described by Becker (1894) as antiqua Meigen, 1822 is not the same taxon as Meigen (1822) himself described under the name antiqua.<br /><img src='infusions//terms/images/no_image.gif' style='vertical-align:middle;' />] delay=[0] fade=[on]