tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7541969416563942273.post6292086466171264523..comments2023-06-19T10:11:05.122+01:00Comments on East Glamorgan Wildlife: Creigiau - flies (& friends) in the sunAdam Mantellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08825643943800910778noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7541969416563942273.post-85210209979189938102015-07-21T11:25:49.869+01:002015-07-21T11:25:49.869+01:00To check for current names, go to the Natural Hist...To 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.VC41Mothshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263945533123756002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7541969416563942273.post-76532474420248925712015-07-21T07:41:46.678+01:002015-07-21T07:41:46.678+01:00Don't get me started on the subject of taxonom...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!Mark Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02372785801699168219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7541969416563942273.post-32730057359229366842015-07-20T22:54:28.485+01:002015-07-20T22:54:28.485+01:00hi Mark
It would appear so. I have found a number...hi Mark<br /><br />It 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!<br /><br />Why do they change them?<br /><br />Howard<br /><br />Howard Burthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15140736388789494773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7541969416563942273.post-1029146317527189292015-07-20T20:46:00.958+01:002015-07-20T20:46:00.958+01:00Great photos, Burt. I know the longhorn as Stranga...Great photos, Burt. I know the longhorn as Strangalia maculata. Is Rutpela its new name?Mark Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02372785801699168219noreply@blogger.com