Romaleosyrphus villosus

Romaleosyrphus villosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Romaleosyrphus
Species:
R. villosus
Binomial name
Romaleosyrphus villosus
Bigot, 1882

Romaleosyrphus villosus is a species of hover fly from Central America.[1] It was described by Jacques Marie François Bigot in 1882[2] in reference to a specimen from Mexico.[3][4]

A related species described from the United States by the same author in 1879, Criorhina villosa,[5] has been confused with this species, since at one point they had the same name, both being placed in the genus Criorhina. In 2021, R. villosus was moved back into Romaleosyrphus,[1] resolving the issue of homonymy (by ICZN Art. 59.2).[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Moran, Kevin M.; Skevington, Jeffrey H. (2021). "Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species". ZooKeys. 1075. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 8671705. PMID 35046750.
  2. ^ Bigot, J.M.F. (1882). "Description de quatre genres nouveau de la tribu des syrphides (Syrphidae auctorum), ainsi que celles de deux nouvelles espèces". Bulletin Bimensuel de la Société Entomologique de France. 1882 (6): 78–79.
  3. ^ Thompson, F. Christian; Vockeroth, J. Richard; Sedman, Yale S.; Papavero, N. (1976). "Family Syrphidae" (PDF). A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas South of the United States. 46. São Paulo: Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo: 1–195. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. ^ Pont, Adrian C.; Chainey, John E.; Evenhuis, Neal L. (2024). The types of Diptera (Insecta) described by J.-M.-F. Bigot. Hilo, Hawaii: Privately published. p. 521. ISBN 979-8-218-46676-3. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  5. ^ Bigot, J.M.F. (1879). "[Note.]". Bulletin Bimensuel de la Société Entomologique de France. 1879 (6): 63–64.
  6. ^ International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. "Article 59. Validity of secondary homonyms | International Code of Zoological Nomenclature". code.iczn.org. The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. Archived from the original on 19 January 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2026. 59.2. Secondary homonyms not replaced when no longer considered congeneric. If in a case of secondary homonymy the junior species-group name has not been replaced [Art. 60], and the relevant taxa are no longer considered congeneric, the junior name is not to be rejected, even if one species-group name was originally proposed in the current genus of the other.
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