[Syrphidae] FW: Scientific names changed

[Francis Gilbert]

Dr Francis Gilbert
Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG72RD, UK
website: https://www-web.nottingham.ac.uk/~plzfg/

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Emne: Scientific names changed


Dear all

Does anybody know why scientific names of hoverflies have been changed lately in the Catalogue of Life? Examples are Melanostoma mellinum, now M. mellina, and Dasysyrphus lenensis, now a synonym for D. nigricornis.

Where were changes published?

Best wishes
Leif
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