Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Mating Flies, Spiny Legs

Posted by Tony Irwin on 09-11-2006 20:55
#13

Fauna Europaea (perhaps no more reliable than Nomina Insecta Nearctica?) gives sororcula (Loew 1869) (- originally in Leia) as a synonym of Rondaniella dimidiata (Meigen 1804). Leia abbreviata, apicalis, elegans, terminalis and variegata are all listed as synonyms as well. As Peter Chandler is listed as the taxonomic specialist for this page, I'm inclined to accept what it says, so Rondaniella dimidiata looks like the current name.