Argyra diaphana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Empidoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Asilomorpha Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Dolichopodidae
Subfamilia: Diaphorinae
Genus: Argyra
Species: Argyra diaphana

Name

Argyra diaphana (Fabricius, 1775)

Type locality: Lipsiae [=Leipzig].

Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 2348.

Synonymy

Musca diaphana Fabricius, 1775: 783
Musca ludea Harris, [1780]: 157 [as "ludeus"]
- Type locality: not given (England).
Porphyrops diaphana: Meigen, 1824: 46
Porphyrops versicolor Meigen, 1824: 50
- Type locality: not given.
Argyra diaphana: Macquart, 1834: 456
Porphyrops hirtipes Curtis, 1835: pl. 541
- Type locality: England.

References

Primary references

Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. xvi+ 832 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.36510. BHL. Reference page.
Harris, M. 1776–[1780]. An exposition of English insects, with curious observations and remarks, wherein each insect is particularly described; its parts and properties considered; the different sexes distinguished, and the natural history faithfully related. The whole illustrated with copper plates, drawn engraved and coloured, by the author. Printed for the Author: London. 166 + [4] pp., 50 pls. BHL. [Note: Published in 5 decads; BHL includes only Decad 1] Reference page.
Harris, M. 1782. An exposition of English insects including the several classes of Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, & Diptera, or bees, flies, & Libellulae. Exhibiting on 51 copper plates near 500 figures, accurately drawn, & highly finished in colours, from nature. The whole minutely described, arranged & named, according to the Linnean system, with remarks. The figures of a great number of moths not in the Aurelian collection, formerly published by the same author and a plate with an explanation of colours, are likewise given in the work. White & Robson, London. 166 + [4] pp. 50 pls. BHL. Reference page.
ICZN. 2014. Opinion 2348 (Case 3591). Argyra Macquart, 1834 (Insecta, Diptera, DOLICHOPODIDAE): the name conserved. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 71(4): 267–268. DOI: 10.21805/bzn.v71i4.a5 . Reference page.
Macquart, J. 1834. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Diptères I. In Roret, N.E. (ed). Nouvelles suites à Buffon, formant, avec les œuvres de cet auteur, un cours complet d’histoire naturelle. Collection accompagnée de planches. Paris, 578 pp. BHL. Reference page.
Meigen, J. 1824. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten 4, xi i+ 428 pp., 9 pls. Hamm, Schulz-Wundermann'sche Buchhandlung. BHL. Reference page.

Additional references

Negrobov, O.P. 1991. Dolichopodidae. Pp. 11–142. In: Soós, Á. & Papp, L. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Volume 7. Dolichopodidae–Platyplezidae. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest. 292 pp. ISBN 0-444-98731-2 (print). ISBN 9780444599940 (e-book). Google Books. Reference page.