Subspecies
No subspecies
are recognized.
Original
description
Original
spelling: Rhagio cinctus
Fabricius IC (1787).
Mantissa Insectorum. Tomus II, Christian
Gottlieb Proft, Kopenhagen.
Latin diagnosis: "R[hagio] testaceus, abdomine
nigro fasciato, alis hyalinis nigro maculatis.
Statura omnio praecedentium [i.e.
"longicornis", "punctatus" and others]. Caput
globosum, testaceum antennis filiformibus
nigris corpore duplo breuioribus. Thorax
testaceus, immaculatus [and thus likely a
male]. Abdomen testaceum segmentis basi
nigris. Pedes testacei geniculis nigris. Alae
hyalinae maculis plurimis paruis sparsis
nigris."
Locus typicus: "Habitat in Kiliae" (= Kiel,
Germany). The lectotype has been selected by
Michelsen (1999) and is deposited with the
Zoological Museum of the University of
Copenhagen. Unfortunately, only the wings and
leg fragments remain of this specimen
(Michelsen (1999)).
Synonyms
Rhagio cinctus
Fabricius, 1787 (p. 333)
Musca cincta
(Fabricius, 1787) (nec Nemotelus cinctus De
Geer, 1776:183; junior secondary homonym in
Musca) (see note)
Sciara cincta
(Fabricius, 1787)
Rhyphus cinctus
(Fabricius, 1787)
Ryphus cinctus
(Fabricius, 1787)
Anisopus
cinctus (Fabricius, 1787)
Phryne cincta
(Fabricius, 1787)
Sylvicola
cincta (Fabricius, 1787)
Sylvicola
cinctus (Fabricius,
1787)
Musca succincta
Gmelin, 1790 (p. 2866) (new name for cinctus;
see note)
Musca
succinctus Gmelin, 1790
Rhyphus
succinctus (Gmelin, 1790)
Sylvicola succinctus (Gmelin, 1790
Phryne cincta
withcombei (Edwards, 1923) ???
Sylvicola cinctus withycombei (Edwards, 1923)
???
Phryne fenestralis auct. nec Scopoli, 1763 (a
misidentification)
Rhyphus
fenestralis auct. nec Scopoli, 1763 (a
misidentification)
Anisopus
fenestralis auct. nec Scopoli, 1763 (a
misidentification)
Sylvicola
fenestralis auct. nec Scopoli, 1763 (a
misidentification)
Note: Rhagio cinctus Fabricius, 1787 and
Nemotelus cinctus De Geer, 1776 became
secondary homonyms when both were placed in
Musca. The junior homonym has been replaced
with the new name Musca succincta by Gmelin
(1790). The two species are no longer regarded
as congeneric (Nemotelus cinctus is now in the
Genus Xylophagus) and the replacement name is
not in use, thus the junior homonym is not to
be rejected (Article 59.3). Thus, Sylvicola
cinctus is the valid name.
Despite its apparently female ending -a,
Sylvicola is a masculine noun (from latin:
silvicola or sylvicola (masculine): "someone
who lives in the forest"). The correct form of
the species epithet is therefore cinctus, not
cincta.
Identification
Distribution
Biology
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