MCZ Entomology 521797

Callomyia proxima Johnson 1916

Paratype of Callomyia velutina

Date Collected:

1915-08-05

North America: United States: Massachusetts: Hampden | Chester

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:521797 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Callomyia proxima Johnson 1916
sensu Cumming and Wheeler 2016
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Diptera Brachycera Phoroidea Platypezidae
Determiner: Heather J. Cumming on 2016-12-31
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identifications
Callomyia liardia Kessel & Buegler, 1973
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Diptera Brachycera Phoroidea Platypezidae
Determiner: Marion Elise Buegler on 1972-12-31
Nature of ID: expert ID
Callomyia velutina Johnson 1916
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Diptera Brachycera Phoroidea Platypezidae
Determiner: Charles Willison Johnson on 1916-12-31
Nature of ID: type ID

Johnson 1916, page 32, Paratype of Callomyia velutina Johnson 1916
Kessel and Buegler 1972, page 238, Additional Material of Callomyia liardia Kessel & Buegler, 1973 "Upon examination of the [Callomyia velutina] paratypes, we found a discrepancy. ... The other 4 C. velutina paratypes have now been placed in C. liardia, a new species described in this paper."
Cumming and Wheeler 2016, page 535, Voucher of Callomyia proxima Johnson 1916 doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4111.5.1 linked data icon
"paratype of C. velutina, but conspecific with C. proxima"
Media type: text; Johnson 1916 Description: Johnson (1916), Psyche 23(2):27-33;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Johnson 1916 Description: Johnson (1916), Psyche 23(2):27-33

Media type: text; Cumming and Wheeler 2016 Description: Cumming & Wheeler (2016) Zootaxa 4111(5): 501-554;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Cumming and Wheeler 2016 Description: Cumming & Wheeler (2016) Zootaxa 4111(5): 501-554

  • type number: 13092

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pinned) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
sex Male By: Heather J. Cumming 2016-12-31

  • None

  • Labels: "Chester Mass VIII 5 15; Paratype No; C.W. Johnson Collector; Paratype velutina Johnson; Callomyia liardia Kessel & Buegler Det. Buegler; Callomyia proxima [male] det. H. J. Cumming 2016"

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
  • County:
  • Hampden
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7019982 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Chester
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Chester Mass
  • Georeference:
  • 42.2894150°, -72.938887° (Error radius: 6791m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2020-07-27 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1915-08-05
  • Verbatim Date:
  • VIII 5 15
  • Collector:
  • Charles Willison Johnson

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

  • None
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