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Topic: Cantharis name change

Hi Chris,

There have been some name changes in the British Cantharidae, please could you add these to the species dictionary?

Old name                        ---->       Revised name

Cantharis nigra (De Geer, 1774) ---> Cantharis flavilabris Fallén, 1807

Cantharis thoracica (A.G. Olivier, 1790)  ---> Cantharis nigra (De Geer, 1774)


The publication detailing this change is attached.

Geiser, M. F., & Fanti, F. (2015). On the nomenclature of Cantharis nigra (De Geer, 1774) and C. thoracica (AG Olivier, 1790)(Cantharidae) as used in Britain and Ireland. The Coleopterist, 24(3), 164-166.

Thank you!
Steph

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Re: Cantharis name change

Is there a way of doing it that flags up that use of the name Cantharis nigra now needs extra care?

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Re: Cantharis name change

perhaps adding sensu auctt. Brit. pre 2015 to what was our Cantharis nigra ?

Charlie Barnes
Information Officer
Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership

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Re: Cantharis name change

Hmm, this is going to need careful changing ... as you pointed out, when a name swaps concept I'll have to annotate the older names and might even annotate the new one ... I'll have a look :)

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/)

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Re: Cantharis name change

Was there any progress with this one Chris?

Charlie Barnes
Information Officer
Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership