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Nomenclator Detail Record
 
 
 
Name: Megametopon violacea Curran, 1930: 1
Type: TL: Mexico. Yucatan: Chichen Itza (HT M AMNH)
Status: (Available, Invalid) Junior Synonym; junior secondary homonym
Notes: preocc. Say 1829
Valid Name: Copestylum (Phalacromya) amethystinum Bigot
Family: Syrphidae
Category: Species
Range: (NT)
URL:
Citation: Curran, C.H. 1930. New Syrphidae from Central America and the West Indies. American Museum Novitates 416, 11 pp. [1930.03.26]
Verification Code: 99
Authority: Thompson, F.C., Vockeroth, J.R. & Sedman, Y.S. 1976
Revision Date: 09/11/2024
Kind of Name: Species
Record #: 43454
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