Opegiocera Rondani, 1845j: 152

O’Hara, James E., Cerretti, Pierfilippo, Pape, Thomas & Evenhuis, Neal L., 2011, 3141, Zootaxa 3141, pp. 1-268 : 130-131

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scientific name	Opegiocera Rondani, 1845j: 152
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382. Opegiocera Rondani, 1845j: 152 , 153.

ORIGINALLY INCLUDED SPECIES: Dasypogon humeralis Wiedemann, 1821 .

TYPE SPECIES: Dasypogon humeralis Wiedemann, 1821 , by monotypy .

CURRENT STATUS: Junior synonym of Ancylorhynchus Berthold, 1827 . New synonymy.

FAMILY: ASILIDAE .

REMARKS: Previous works have failed to indicate the type species for Opegiocera . The genus-group name was considered by Hull (1962: 216) and Lehr (1988: 326) as a nomen nudum ; however, this is incorrect. When Rondani described the nominal genus Opegiocera (1845j: 153) , he gave explicit characters to differentiate the nominal taxon as a new genus: “E tali diversità mi sembrano bastanti per costituire una differenza generica” [“and these differences seem to me enough to support a genus”], which is sufficient for availability (ICZN Code Article 12.1). Additionally, Rondani (1845j) transferred some species previously treated in Xyphocera to his two new genera: Elasmocera Rondani, 1845 and Opegiocera Rondani, 1845 . He explicitly included Xyphocera humeralis (Wiedemann, 1821) and only this in his new genus Opegiocera : “Le specie eli Dasipogon, Limbatus Fab , ed Humeralis Wied che il Macquart riporta alle sue Xifocere saranno od Elasmocere, od Opegiocere, ...” [“The species of Dasipogon, Limbatus Fab, and Humeralis Wied that Macquart ascribes to his Xifocera belong to Elasmocera and Opegiocera respectively, ...”]. Therefore the type species of Opegiocera is Dasypogon humeralis Wiedemann, 1821 , by monotypy. Dasypogon humeralis Wiedemann, 1821 is currently treated in Ancylorhynchus Berthold, 1827 [ teste Oldroyd (1980: 360) ], making Opegiocera Rondani, 1845 a junior synonym of Ancylorhynchus Berthold, 1827 , new synonymy. The synonymy established here is new since Rondani’s name was previously thought to be unavailable and unavailable names are not subject to nomenclatural legislation and cannot be synonyms.

References

Hull, F. M. (1962) Robber flies of the world. The genera of the family Asilidae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 224, 1 - 907. [12 November] [Dated from the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution.]

Lehr, P. (1988) Asilidae, pp. 197 - 326. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Volume 5. Athericidae - Asilidae. Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam & Akademiai Kiado, Budapest. 446 pp. [1 January] [Dated from Evenhuis (2008 b).]

Oldroyd, H. (1980) Family Asilidae, pp. 334 - 373. In: Crosskey, R. W. (ed.), Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrorropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1437 pp. [10 July] [Dated from Evenhuis (2008 b).]

Rondani, C. (1845 j) Nota seconda per servire alla ditterologia italiana. Sul genere Xyphocera del Macquart. Annali dell'Accademia degli Aspiranti Naturalisti di Napoli, 3, 150 - 154. [31 December +]

Rondani, C. (1845 a) Ordinamento sistematico dei generi italiani degli insetti ditteri [concl.]. Nuovi Annali delle Scienze Naturali e Rendiconto delle Sessioni della Societa Agraria e dell'Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, (2) 2 [1844], 443 - 459. [18 January]