[Syrphidae] FW: Question regarding old syrphidae specimens -Scaeva lithuanica

[Francis Gilbert]

From: Ulrich Schmid [mailto:ulrich.schmid at smns-bw.de] 
Sent: 21 October 2010 07:36
To: Hoverfly discussion list
Subject: Re: [Syrphidae] FW: Question regarding old syrphidae specimens -Scaeva lithuanica
 
"Mihi" is a latin word and means "by me". In former times collectors used to label specimens they considered to be new to science in this way. If these names are ever published together with a description the specimens subsequently will be labeled as type. However, in most cases these names are never published and so without any value.
Kind regards,
Ulrich
 
2010/10/20 Francis Gilbert <Francis.Gilbert at nottingham.ac.uk>
Can anyone help Andrius ?

Francis

Dr Francis Gilbert
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From: Andrius.Petrasiunas at gf.vu.lt [mailto:Andrius.Petrasiunas at gf.vu.lt]
Sent: 20 October 2010 16:08
To: francis.gilbert at nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: Question regarding old syrphidae specimens - Scaeva lithuanica

Dear dr. Gilbert,

I would like to ask for some help or guidelines finding the old publication, mentioning "Scaeva lithuanica". The thing is, we found some old (1840-1844) syrphid specimens in our department collection, but it is not clear who collected them. One specimen has a label "Scaeva lithuanica Mihi" and I thought that might help. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find any information on this species.
I tried to post my inquiry on syrphidae.com, but unsuccessfully, with some unclear errors showing up... As you are the moderator of Hoverfly discussion list, I thought I will try asking you.
I have attached a picture of that specimen as well as one other with rather similar writing pattern, supposedly collected by the same person at the same period of time.

I would be very grateful if you could find some time answering my e-mail, maybe pointing to some older bibliographic works on hoverflies or something else.

Best wishes from Lithuania,

Andrius

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Dr. Andrius Petrasiunas
Department of Zoology
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Vilnius university
M.K.Ciurlionio 21/27
Vilnius, Lithuania

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