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Lonchaeidae (2)
Dasiopiniae (1)- Lonchaeinae (10)
- Chaetolonchaea (8)
- Earomyia (23)
- Fulgenta (15)
- Hydrolysa (2)
- Lonchaea (235)
- Lamprolonchaea (17)
Lamprolonchaea badiceps- Lamprolonchaea brouniana 1919
- Lamprolonchaea bruneata
- Lamprolonchaea candidula
- Lamprolonchaea conchapinna
- Lamprolonchaea fulgida
- Lamprolonchaea gilvipata
- Lamprolonchaea lustrata
- Lamprolonchaea metatarsata
- Lamprolonchaea micantella
- Lamprolonchaea nigritarsata
- Lamprolonchaea photina
- Lamprolonchaea pipinna
- Lamprolonchaea scintilla
- Lamprolonchaea sinensis
- Lamprolonchaea smaragdi
- Lamprolonchaea ustulata
- Neosilba (40)
- Priscoearomyia (13)
- Silba (117)
Lamprolonchaea smaragdi
Nomenclature
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Tribe: LonchaeinaeGenus: Lamprolonchaea
SUMMARY
The specific name smaragdi comes from smaragd [via Latin from Greek smaragdos; emerald-coloured] which perfectly describes the brilliant green/blue body colour of this species.
As with many attractive widely distributed species this species was originally named by several authors from differing parts of its range and as a result there are a number of old synonyms including aurea (Macquart, 1851) type locality "Afrique"; splendida (Loew, 1873) type localities Sicily and Corfu. and cuprea (Becker, 1908) type locality Canary Islands.
Video images of this species from Italy http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KLFg_2012-10-15-%2842%29.webm