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  • kitenet
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Topic: Choerades/Laphria robberflies

Just noticed that UKSI treats Laphria marginata and Choerades marginatus as two distinct entities. Current name should be Choerades marginatus:
https://data.nbn.org.uk/Taxa/NBNSYS0100002379

Laphria marginata needs to be linked as a synonym, and the "Nationally Notable" designation needs to be transferred over to Choerades marginatus:
https://data.nbn.org.uk/Taxa/NHMSYS0020526601

Same issue with Choerades gilvus (correct current name):
https://data.nbn.org.uk/Taxa/NBNSYS0100002378

and Laphria gilva (synonym but RDB designation needs transferring over):
https://data.nbn.org.uk/Taxa/NHMSYS0020526600

We seem to have quite a lot of unlinked synonyms in the soldierflies and allies group, happy to look through the list if that would help.

Martin Harvey
Biological Records Centre
CEH Wallingford

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Re: Choerades/Laphria robberflies

Hi Martin - yes all suggestions gratefully received - it's much easier for experts like yourself to spot them :) 

I have synonymised the 2 Laphria concepts as described - many thanks :)

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/)