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Proctacanthella
Photo#1291602
Copyright © 2016
Michael Hughes
Robber fly -
Proctacanthella
Tonopah, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
July 10, 2016
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Contributed by
Michael Hughes
on 13 September, 2016 - 3:00am
Last updated 13 September, 2016 - 5:40pm
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 13 September, 2016 - 5:40pm
Proctacanthella leucopogon,
a male; nice shot.
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Eric Fisher
, 13 September, 2016 - 4:44pm
Thanks, Eric!
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Michael Hughes
, 14 September, 2016 - 1:59am
It looks as though...
...BG is is treating
P. leucopogon
as a synonym for
P. willistoni
. Is that correct?
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 13 September, 2016 - 5:39pm
Yes, technically correct--but
Yes, technically correct--but premature. This is a "new combination" and it has not yet been published. Several other asilids also have new names (all from the Fisher & Wilcox list--used by BG as the default catalog). Please use the 'old' names until this catalog/ list is officially published. (An updated version is in prep--and hopefully will published soon.)
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Eric Fisher
, 14 September, 2016 - 2:40pm
I'll have to think about this.
I definitely don't want to rename the willistoni page, only to have to change it back later. At the same time, I'm not sure I want to create a "temporary" leucopogon page, either.
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 14 September, 2016 - 8:36pm
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 13 September, 2016 - 5:06am