Marine Species Traits - Chersodromia Walker, 1849

BeRMS taxon details

Chersodromia Walker, 1849

AphiaID

863201 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:863201)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Hybotidae Macquart, 1823

Synonymised names

Chersodromia Haliday, 1851 · unaccepted (The name was preoccupied by...)

The name was preoccupied by Walker, 1849 and erroneous attributed by many to Walker, but Walker clearly attributed the name, characters, etc., of the Empididae to Haliday in his Introduction.

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Species Chersodromia arenaria (Haliday, 1833)
Species Chersodromia hirta (Walker, 1835)
Species Chersodromia incana Walker, 1851
Species Chersodromia speculifera Walker, 1851

Environment

marine, brackish, terrestrial

Original description

Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part II, [iii]+231-484. [1849.04.21]; Part III: [iii]+485-687. [1849.06.30]; Part IV. Pp. [3] + 689-1172 + [2] [1849.12.08]. <em>British Museum (Natural History), London.</em> [details]

Taxonomic citation

BeRMS (2025). Chersodromia Walker, 1849. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=863201 on 2025-06-06

Regional species database citation

VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Chersodromia Walker, 1849. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=863201 on 2025-06-06

Taxonomic edit history

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2015-11-12 13:17:23Z

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Mortelmans, Jonas

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original description Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part II, [iii]+231-484. [1849.04.21]; Part III: [iii]+485-687. [1849.06.30]; Part IV. Pp. [3] + 689-1172 + [2] [1849.12.08]. <em>British Museum (Natural History), London.</em> [details]

original description (of Chersodromia Haliday, 1851) Haliday, A. H. (1851). Diptera. Pp. 1-9. Empididae. Pp. 85-144. Dolichopidae. Pp. 144-221. Syrphidae. Pp. 234-303. In Walker, F., Insecta Britannica, Diptera. Volume 1. (q.v.) [1851.12.??]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19720049 [details]

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Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chersodromia) (from synonym Chersodromia Haliday, 1851)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chersodromia)