Orthoceratium

Orthoceratium lacustre neotype ♂

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: Hydrophorinae
Genus: Orthoceratium
Species: O. lacustre – O. sabulosum

Name

Orthoceratium Schrank, 1803: 152

Type species: Musca lacustris Scopoli, 1763, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Orthoceras Schrank, 1796: 131 [suppressed name; junior homonym of Orthoceras Bruguière, 1789 (Cephalopoda)]
  • Type species: Musca lacustris Scopoli, 1763, by monotypy.
  • Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Names in Zoology by Opinion 1003.
• Alloeoneurus Mik, 1878: 8 [syn.: Kertész, 1909: 304]
  • Type species: Musca lacustris Scopoli, 1763, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• ICZN. 1974. Opinion 1003. Orthoceras Bruguière, 1789 (Class Cephalopoda): Placed on the Official List of Generic Names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 30(3/4): 142–146. BHL. Reference page. 
• Kertész, K. 1909. Catalogus dipterorum hucusque descriptorum. Volumen VI. Empididae, Dolichopodidae, Musidoridae. G. Engelmann, Budapestini [=Budepest], 362 pp. BHL.
• Mik, J. 1878. Dipterologische Untersuchungen. Jahresberichte des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Akademische Gymnasium, Wien, 1877/1878, 1–24. Google Books .
• Schrank, F. von P. 1796. Sammlung naturhistorischer und physikalischer Aufsäze. Nürnberg, Raspe, 456 pp. BHL.
• Schrank, F. von P. 1803. Fauna Boica. Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere Vol. 3(1): i–viii + 1–272. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pollet, M. & Stark, A. 2018. The quest for the identity of Orthoceratium lacustre (Scopoli, 1763) reveals centuries of misidentifications (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). ZooKeys 782: 49–79. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.782.26329 Reference page.