Trachyopella opuntiae ( Richards, 1967 )

Paiero, Steven Mark & Marshall, Stephen A., 2020, A revision of the genus Rudolfina Roháček (Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae), European Journal of Taxonomy 593, pp. 1-48 : 45

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scientific name	Trachyopella opuntiae ( Richards, 1967 )
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Treatment

Trachyopella opuntiae ( Richards, 1967)

Leptocera (Trachyopella) opuntiae Richards, 1967: 531 .

Remarks

Richards (1967) originally described this species as a Trachyopella Duda, 1918 (then a subgenus of Leptocera Olivier, 1813 ), a placement that was followed by Roháček & Marshall (1986) in their review of Holarctic Trachyopella. Pitkin (1989) transferred opuntiae to Rudolfina , in view of its modified female cerci. Examination of type specimens, including male and female terminalia, supports the treatment of this species as a Trachyopella.

References

Pitkin B. R. 1989. A review of the Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) described by O. W. Richards. Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology, London 6: 1 - 44.

Richards O. W. 1967. On a collection of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) from the Galapagos Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 13) 9: 531 - 535.

Rohacek J. & Marshall S. A. 1986. The genus Trachyopella Duda (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae) of the Holarctic Region. Monografie III. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino.