Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Rhogogaster ruga MacGillivray, 1923
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Rhogogaster respectus MacGillivray, 1923
Rhogogaster viridis (Linné, 1758) Auctt. - erroneously synonymized under this name for decades, now excluded from synonymy
Revision of European species in the genus has found that
R. viridis has been a misapplied name. True
R. viridis is a rare European species and certainly is not the correct identity of specimens in the Nearctic. Under the current revision, the common European species is instead
R. scalaris.
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*** Many to most online records even within the correct range are misidentified as a result of this confusion of names in the literature.***
Identification
Separated from
R. californica as follows: Head with frontal groove much shallower than antennal groove; antennal crests aligned with raised edge of frontal area.
(3)Range
western (YT & AK south to MB, MT, & CA)
(4)Season
The population originally described as
R. ruga was reported in July while the population originally described as
R. respectus was reported in December.
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