Calocoris stysi |
Rutpela maculata |
hoverfly - Syritta pipiens |
Chloropidae - grass fly on Shasta Daisy petal |
hoverfly - Sphaerophoria sp |
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Calocoris stysi |
Rutpela maculata |
hoverfly - Syritta pipiens |
Chloropidae - grass fly on Shasta Daisy petal |
hoverfly - Sphaerophoria sp |
Great photos, Burt. I know the longhorn as Strangalia maculata. Is Rutpela its new name?
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ReplyDeleteIt would appear so. I have found a number of references that say "Rutpela maculata formerly Stranglia maculata". Another of the images in this set, Calocoris stysi, I have also seen called Grypocoris stysi but am not sure which is the current name!
Why do they change them?
Howard
Don't get me started on the subject of taxonomists or we'll be here all day and I'll probably need to lie down in a darkened room afterwards!
ReplyDeleteTo check for current names, go to the Natural History Museum's Species Dictionary pages (http://nbn.nhm.ac.uk/nhm/). They maintain the 'official' list of names. They change them when they realise that things are either more closely related than they thought, or less so. Taxonomists are likely to become extinct in the UK in our lifetime.
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