Argyra diaphana

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.