Wiedemannia lota Walker, 1851: 107, 1852

Sinclair, Bradley J. & Shamshev, Igor V., 2019, Atalanta astigmatica Stackelberg, a new synonym of Wiedemannia lota Walker (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae), Bonn zoological Bulletin 68 (1), pp. 163-165 : 165

Wiedemannia lota Walker, 1851: 107 .

Atalanta (Philolutra) astigmatica Stackelberg, 1937: 123 . Type locality: “Kara-Kala” (= Magtymguly, 38°26′N 56°18′E), Turkmenistan. Syn. nov.

Type material examined.

Holotype. Male, labelled ( Fig. 1C ): “[printed in Cyrillic, Russian] Kara-kala [now Magtymguly], Syumy/ Turkmeniya [= Turkmenistan] VIII –/ Petrishtsheva [1]931”; “ Atalanta Typ. ’33/ astigmatica sp.n. / Stackelberg det.”; “ Wiedemannia / (Chamaedipsia)/ lota HALIDAY / ♂ / F. VAILLANT dét. [yellow label]” ( ZIN) [currently housed in MZLS].

Paratypes. Same data as for holotype, except collected in IX (2 ♂♂, ZIN, 1 ♂♂, MZLS) .

Acknowledgements. Jean-Luc Gattolliat ( MZLS) kindly assisted us in locating two males from the type series donated by F. Vaillant to his Museum and provided the photo of the holotype labels. Alexey Kovalev ( ZIN) kindly produced photos of the habitus of the paratype. The study of Igor Shamshev was performed within the frames of the Russian State Research Project No АААА-А19-119020690101-6 and supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant no. 18-04- 00354А) .

Figures

Figs 1–3. Atalanta astigmatica Stackelberg, 1937 (=Wiedemannia lota Walker, 1851). 1. Paratype male, habitus in lateral view and labels; 2. Paratype male, habitus, dorsolateral view; 3. Labels of holotype.