Notes on the Life History, Distribution and Ecology of Diotrepha Mirabilis Osten Sacken.

Abstract

Diotrepha mirabilis , new species and new genus, was described by Osten Sacken in 1878.[*][1] At the time the description was written he had no specimens before him, but based his account on his notes and memory of two specimens: one, designated as the type, taken by himself in Georgia in 1858; the other taken in Texas by a Mr. Boll. These two specimens constitute the only published records of Diotrepha mirabilis from the continent of North America, although Osten Sacken mentioned a third specimen, from Cuba, that he had seen in Loew's collection, as being probably the same species, and Williston[†][2] records the species from St. Vincent, where the collector, Mr. H. H. Smith, made the notes: “Abundant in forest glen 1000 ft.; near a stream; Sept. Alights on the lower sides of leaves.” [1]: #fn-1 [2]: #fn-2