• DOI:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.2194.1.3
• Corpus ID: 85608507

Long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in the collection of the Natal Museum: A review of C.H. Currans types, new synonyms, and new combinations

@article{Grichanov2009LongleggedF,
  title={Long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in the collection of the Natal Museum: A review of C.H. Currans types, new synonyms, and new combinations},
  author={Igor Ya. Grichanov and Mike B. Mostovski},
  journal={Zootaxa},
  year={2009},
  volume={2194},
  pages={37-53}
}

• I. Grichanov, M. Mostovski
• Published 11 August 2009
• Biology
• Zootaxa

C.H. Curran’s Dolichopodidae types in the collection of the Natal Museum are reviewed. Campsicnemoides Curran, 1927, is placed here in synonymy to Acropsilus Mik, 1878 (syn. nov.; male holotype of Campsicnemoides vorax Curran, 1927, has been examined in the collection of NMSA, redescribed and illustrated, and a new combination is here proposed, Acropsilus vorax (Curran, 1927), comb. nov.). The following recombinations are also proposed (comb. nov.): Trigonocera munroi (Curran, 1926c) [Diaphorus], Micromorphus aristalis (Curran, 1926a) [Sympycnus], Peloropeodes niger (Curran, 1926a) [Sympycnus]. The following synonyms are proposed in this paper (syn. nov.): Sympycnus discrepans Parent, 1934, S. rusticus Parent, 1935, and S. allotarsis Meuffels & Grootaert, 2007, are placed in synonymy to Sympycnus basilaris (Curran, 1924); Diaphorus inversus Curran, 1924, is placed in synonymy to Diaphorus dasycnemus Loew, 1858; Medetera longitarsis Curran, 1924, and M. afra Curran, 1927, are placed in synonymy with Medetera simplicis Curran, 1924.