Genus Leptopeza Macquart, 1827

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lemtopeza Macquart, J. 1827. Insectes diptères du nord de la France. Platypezines, dolichopodes, empides, hybotides. Lille 159 pp. [Date published 31 December+] [143].

  Type species:

   Ocydromia flavipes Meigen, 1820 (= Ocydromia ruficollis Meigen, 1820) by monotypy.
• Leptopeza Macquart, J. 1834. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Diptères. Tome première. Ouvrage accompagné de planches. Paris : Roret 578 pp. [320] [subsequent misspelling].
• Leptopeza Scudder, 1882 [emendation; unjustified].

Introduction

Though traditionally recorded as such, Macquart did not provide a true emendation from Lemtopeza to Leptopeza in his 1834 work according to Art. 33b of the Code. Lemtopeza is not an incorrect original spelling according to Art 32c of the Code and should be treated as the correct orthography for this genus. However, following established common usage and in order to maintain stability, Leptopeza is used as the accepted orthography for this genus. References to Zetterstedt (1837) as having provided the first emendation are in error as proven by a thorough search of his Isis article and other articles by Zetterstedt in years previous and subsequent to it - N. Evenhuis (2011)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB) ; Tas: Tasmanian South East (TSE)

General References

Evenhuis, N.L., [Originally] by Smith, K.G.V. 2011. Family Hybotidae. In Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.) Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. 15 December 2011. http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/aocat/hybotidae.html

History of changes