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Dicranocephalus agilis |
| Subspecies No subspecies are recognized. However, the status of Dicranocephalus brevinotum Lindberg, 1935 is debated and some authors regard it as a synonym or subspecies of the present species. I have currently no further information about this issue. In addition, the status of Dicranophilus alticolus (L. Y. Zheng, 1981), Dicranocephalus femoralis (Reuter, 1888), Dicranocephalus ferganensis (Horvath, 1887), and Dicranocephalus ganziensis Ren, 1990 is unclear. They have been placed in the synonymy of the present species by some authors, but are currently reinstated as good species. Original description Synonyms Cimex agilis Scopoli, 1763 Stenocephalus agilis (Scopoli,
1763)
Cimex
nigroluteoque variegatus Goeze, 1778
(non-binominal, unavailable)Dicranocephalus agilis (Scopoli, 1763) Dicranocephalus agilis agilis (Scopoli, 1763) Cimex quinquepunctatus Goeze, 1778 Cimex nugax Fabricius, 1781 Cimex monilis De Fourcroy, 1785 Cimex geoffroy Petagna, 1787 Cimex multicolor Gmelin, 1790:2136 (nec Gmelin, 1790:2178) (primary homonym) Cimex nussax Gmelin, 1790 (unjustified emendation) Cimex celer Gmelin, 1790 Cimex melanochros Gmelin, 1790 Stenocephalus mexicanus Ashmead, 1886 Stenocephalus crassicornis Horvath, 1887 Stenocephalus agilis femoralis Noualhier, 1893 (nec Reuter, 1888) (junior primary homonym) Stenocephalus agilis femoratus Puton, 1899 Stenocephalus robustus Jakovlev, 1901 Dicranocephalus moralesi Wagner, 1950 Dicranocephalus
agilis moralesi (Wagner, 1950)
Dicranocephalus
africanus Stichel, 1959Dicranocephalus agilis litoralis Linnavuori, 1960 Note: all names in the above synonymy published before 1800 (including the name agilis!) are basically nomina dubia and the species they denote cannot be identified. It is only by convention that they are all attributed to the species as presently understood. Although there is currently no confusion about the identity of Dicranocephalus agilis, I feel that species should not bear dubious names that are just kept because of unofficial conventions. For example, to unequivocally and officially join the identity of the name Cimex agilis with the present species, a neotype could be selected. Note: for the name Cimex gonymelas, please see Dicranocephalus medius. Identification Distribution Biology This page has been updated on January 10, 2013 This site is online since May 31, 2005 Copyright © by Nikola-Michael Prpic-Schäper. All rights reserved. |
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