Dolichopus costalis Frey
- Dataset
- The Dolichopus latipennis species group (= Hygroceleuthus Loew) in the Palearctic Region (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Dolichopodidae
- genus
- Dolichopus
- species
- Dolichopus costalis
discussion
Remarks. The species was originally described in the subgenus Leucodolichopus Frey, 1915 (now a synonym of Dolichopus). Examination of the holotype indicates that it belongs to D. latipennis species group (elongate-cylindrical scape with long dense setae, short and broad wing with large stigma and strong curvation of M vein located distinctly before the middle of distal part of this vein, etc.).
distribution
Distribution. Dolichopus costalis was described by a single male from environs of Petrozavodsk (Russian Karelia). Later the species was found in Sweden, Finland, Russia (Karelia, Yakutia) and Mongolia (Negrobov 1991; J. Kahanpää unpubl. data).
materials_examined
Type material. Holotype 3, [Russia: Karelia:] " Kol, Petrosawodsk, 22.6.1869, J. Sahlb. " [FMNH].
Name
- Homonyms
- Dolichopus costalis Frey