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Topic: Request for Tachydromia calcarata to be added.

Tachydromia calcarata (a dance fly) was discovered new to the UK when it found  in Cumbria in 2004 (Chvála & Hewitt 2006).

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M. Chvala, S. M. Hewitt, Tachydromia calcarata (Strobl) (Diptera : Hybotidae) new to Britain, with redescription of both sexes, and its correct classification within the T-interrupta group of species. Entomologica Fennica 17, 8-12 (2006).

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Gary

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Re: Request for Tachydromia calcarata to be added.

Sorry, forgot to include the authority. It is: (Strobl, 1910)

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Re: Request for Tachydromia calcarata to be added.

Hi Gary

Thanks for pointing that out - I will database it and hopefully add it later today. Interestingly the name is a homonym with "Tachydromia calcarata Collin, 1926", which is a synonym of "Platypalpus pseudociliaris (Strobl, 1910)". Presumably Collin's was synonymised because the name was not in fact available in 1926 :)

Chris R.

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Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD.  (tel: 020 7942 5894)
also Tachinid Recording Scheme (http://tachinidae.org.uk/)

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Re: Request for Tachydromia calcarata to be added.

This has been added and temporarily linked to Tachydromia authors until we get the Diptera checklist sorted out.

Tachydromia calcarata (Strobl, 1910)
tvk NHMSYS0021004626

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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/)