Empis vicaria Frey 1935

Abstract

vicaria Frey, 1935: 5 (Empis (Anacrostichus)) Current name. Junior synonym of Empis (Anacrostichus) longipennis Loew, 1868. Type locality: Russia, Kamchatka. Notes on the type series. Frey described this species after both sexes. He noted the following material: “1 Pärchen, Kamtchatka ”. Only one syntype was found in NHRS. Type material examined. LECTOTYPE (here designated in order to fix identity of the species), ♂ (Fig. 10), labelled (Fig. 11): “ Kamtschatka / Malaise ”; “2087”; “Spec. typ.”; “ Empis / vicaria n. sp. [hand-written by Frey]/ R. Frey det.”; “ Lectotypus / Empis / vicaria Frey, 1935 / design. Shamshev, 2020” (NHRS). Remarks. Shamshev (2016) has already commented on the synonymy of E. vicaria with E. longipennis Loew.Published as part of Shamshev, Igor V., 2020, Notes on species of Empididae (Diptera) described by R. Frey from the Swedish Kamchatka Expedition 1920 - 1922, pp. 532-548 in Zootaxa 4758 (3) on page 539, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4758.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/373473