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Dioxys moestus Costa 1884

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Abstract

Dioxys moestus Costa, 1883 and Dioxys rotundatus Pérez, 1884 Notes. Based on a re-examination of publication dates, Wood (2025c: 289) returned Dioxys rotundatus (published February 1884) as the senior synonym of D. moestus Costa, 1884 (published April 1884). However, the work of Costa (1884) published in the Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana is in fact a reproduction and summary of his work Notizie ed Osservazioni sulla Geo-Fauna Sarda published in the Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche di Napoli in June 1883 (Costa 1883) (M. Cornalba, pers. comm.). The first publication of the name D. moestus is therefore in 1883, pre-dating D. rotundatus. The change in priority recommended by Wood (2023) is therefore not followed, and the name D. moestus is retained for the European fauna, although the taxon concept employed by Wood (2025c) is retained.

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  1. University of Mons

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    Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Place du parc 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium

  2. University of Mons

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    Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Place du parc 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium

  3. University of Hradec Králové

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    Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

  4. University of Mons

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    Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Place du parc 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium

  5. University of Mons

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    Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Place du parc 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium

  6. University of Mons

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    Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Place du parc 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium

  7. University of Tartu Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden · University of Tartu

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    University of Tartu Natural History Museum, Ülikooli 18, 50090 Tartu, Estonia

  8. Royal Museum for Central Africa · University of Mons

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    Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Place du parc 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium & Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Leuvensesteenweg 13, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium

  9. University of Mons

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    Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Place du parc 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium

  10. Julius Kühn-Institut

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    Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI) - Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Bee Protection, Messeweg 11 / 12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany

  11. University of Vienna

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    University of Vienna, Austria, Djerassiplatz 1, 1030 Wien, Austria

  12. Stiftung Kulturlandschaft Günztal

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    Stiftung Kulturlandschaft Günztal, Ottobeuren, Germany

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    Mönchhofstr. 16, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

  14. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

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    Zoological Museum, University of Kiel, Hegewischstr. 3, 24105 Kiel, Germany

  15. University of Mons

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    Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Place du parc 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium

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    Natural History Museum of Neuchâtel, Terreaux 14, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland

  17. University of Mons

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    Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Place du parc 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium

  18. University of Mons

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    Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Place du parc 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium

  19. ETH Zurich · Institute of Agricultural Sciences

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    ETH Zürich, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Biocommunication and Entomology, Schmelzbergstrasse 9 / LFO, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland

  20. University of Almería

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    Grupo de Investigación " Transferencia de I + D en el Área de Recursos Naturales ", Universidad de Almería, Ctra. de Sacramento s / n, E- 04120 Almería, Spain;

  21. info fauna · University of Neuchâtel

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    Info fauna Swiss Zoological Records Center, Avenue de Bellevaux 51, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Institute of Biology, University of Neuchatel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland

  22. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

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    Institute for Evolutionary Ecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, acad. Lebedev, 37, 03143 Kyiv, Ukraine

  23. University of Mons

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    Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Place du parc 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium

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    Imbacher Weg 59, D- 51381 Leverkusen, Germany

  25. Université Libre de Bruxelles

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    Agroecology Lab, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe CP 264 / 02, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

  26. University of Mons

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    Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Place du parc 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium

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    Fischerstrasse 1, 10317 Berlin, Germany

  28. University of Mons

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    Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Place du parc 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium

  29. Charles University

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    Charles University, Department of Zoology, Viničná 1594 / 7, 128 00 Praha, Czech Republic

  30. Natural History Museum

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    Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK

  31. Naturalis Biodiversity Center

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    Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR, Leiden, the Netherlands

  32. University of Mons

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    Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Place du parc 20, 7000, Mons, Belgium

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