Achalcus, LOEW, 1857

Pollet, Marc, 2005, Systematic revision of Neotropical Achalcus and a related new genus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, Achalcinae) with comments on their phylogeny, ecology and zoogeography, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143 (1), pp. 27-73 : 47-49

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00141.x

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10545208

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/14691203-0330-0930-FC4E-B5D6CAE0CD3A

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scientific name

Achalcus
status

 

UNIDENTIFIED ACHALCUS View in CoL View at ENA SPECIMENS

Twenty-eight female specimens could not be assigned to one of the described species. Twelve of them were collected in Chile: Region de la Araucania, Prov. Malleco ( CAS; D), Prov. Cautin ; Region del Biobio, Prov. Nuble ; Region del Maule, Prov. Cauquenes (all CNC; D) ; Region de los Lagos, Prov. Osorno ( USNM; D), Prov. Chiloé ( CNC; D) ; Region metropolitana de Santiago, Prov. Maipo ( CAS, D). The remaining 16 specimens were recorded from Costa Rica (Cartago, San José; INBio, W), Ecuador (Azuay, c. 6 km SW Giron, and Chimborazo Naranjapota Chilicay, USNM, D; Loja, CNC, D) and Venezuela ( Yacambu ; USNM, D) .

The two following male specimens were not yet identified: CHILE: Region de los Lagos, Prov. Valdivia: 1♂, U. Austral de Chile, Isla de Teja , 6–8.i.1997, YWT

B

(Bickel) (CNC; D); COLOMBIA: 1♂, 13 mi. W. of Cali, Valle, 20.iii.1955 (Schlinger & Ross) ( CAS; D) .

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

CNC

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

INBio

National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Rica

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Dolichopodidae

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