Swedish records of Orfelia lugubris
Original and used names: Platyura lugubris, Zetterstedt 1851:4087. = Platyura tristis Lundström, 1911
Swedish sources: Platyura lugubris: Zetterstedt 1851:4087 [HS]; Zelmira fasciata var. lugubris: Wahlgren 1921:158 [HS, NB]; Orfelia tristis: Hedmark 1998:5 [LU]; Chandler (2005) [Sweden]; Evenhuis 2006:93 [Sweden]; Platyura lugubris: Evenhuis 2006:124 [Sweden]; Orfelia lugubris: Kjærandsen et al. 2007:22 [Boreal — •HS•VB•NB•LU•].
World distribution: Palaearctic; widely distributed in Europe.
Remarks: Examination of the type material has revealed that O. tristis is a junior synonym of O. lugubris. Lundström (1914) had second thoughts about O. tristis and regarded O. tristis and O. lugubris as black varieties of O. fasciata.
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