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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Proctacanthella » Proctacanthella leucopogon
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Proctacanthella sp.? - Proctacanthella leucopogon - female
Copyright © 2018 Alice Abela

Proctacanthella sp.? - Proctacanthella leucopogon - Female
Afton Canyon, San Bernardino County, California, USA
August 7, 2017
Size: ~15mm

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Proctacanthella sp.? - Proctacanthella leucopogon - female Proctacanthella sp.? - Proctacanthella leucopogon - female
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Contributed by Alice Abela on 26 January, 2018 - 9:44pm
Last updated 28 January, 2018 - 8:40pm

Moved
Moved from Proctacanthella.
… Alice Abela, 28 January, 2018 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Robber Flies.
… Alice Abela, 27 January, 2018 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

Proctacanthella leucopogon, f
Proctacanthella leucopogon, female. [Note: replacement name is not yet published; please continue to use 'old name' for now..]
… Eric Fisher, 27 January, 2018 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

 
Name
Thanks for the ID! Is “leucopogon” the old name (the one I should use)?
… Alice Abela, 27 January, 2018 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Hi Alice: yes, this is the 'o
Hi Alice: yes, this is the 'old' (= original) name, proposed in 1893 by Williston-- as a new species of Asilus. However, an older named "Asilus leucopogon" existed (named by Wiedemann in 1828), and this species has a 'perpetual right' to that name: Williston's fly must have another name.

A ms. checklist was prepared in 1987 (Fisher & Wilcox) that included a replacement name for this species, "Proctacanthella willistoni (Fisher & Wilcox)." However, this ms. has not yet been published, so this new name is not yet available. (A concerted effort is underway to change this: Dr. Robert A. Cannings and I hope to have a newly revised checklist published "soon"...)

Cheers,

Eric
… Eric Fisher, 28 January, 2018 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

Eating Silvius
Eating Silvius
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