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Topic: Cryptophilus integer

I thought this one had been dealt with, but seems not.

According to Esser (2016) Cryptophilus integer (Heer, 1814) is a junior synonym of Micrambe abietis (Paykull, 1798) and actually consists of two species, Cryptophilus propinquus Reitter, 1874 and Cryptophilus simplex (Wollaston, 1857) (=Cryptophilus angustus (Wollaston, 1857).

I think the current feeling is we only have Cryptophilus propinquus Reitter, 1874....

... can we add Cryptophilus propinquus Reitter, 1874 and sink Cryptophilus integer (Heer, 1814) as a synonym of it (rather than Micrambe!)?

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Re: Cryptophilus integer

Hi Charlie - that one sounds easy - would you also agree that we should mark the "Cryptophilus integer" as auctt. brit. to mark it as probably not the real species, which we don't have?

Chris Raper, Manager of the UK Species Inventory, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity,
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also Tachinid Recording Scheme (http://tachinidae.org.uk/)

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Re: Cryptophilus integer

Yes - agree!

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Re: Cryptophilus integer

OK, that's fixed here :)

Chris Raper, Manager of the UK Species Inventory, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity,
Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD.  (tel: 020 7942 5894)
also Tachinid Recording Scheme (http://tachinidae.org.uk/)