Tournotaris

Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999

Tournotaris is a of established in 1999, currently placed in the Brachyceridae (sometimes treated as Erirhinidae or within in older ). The genus contains to Europe, with records from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. At least one species, Tournotaris bimaculatus, has been described.

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Distribution

Recorded from Denmark (DK), Norway (NO), and Sweden (SE).

Misconceptions

placement varies across sources: treated as Brachyceridae in Catalogue of Life, as Erirhinidae in NCBI, and as in iNaturalist. This reflects ongoing taxonomic revision of family-level .

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Taxonomic history

The was described by Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal in 1999. The and total number of included species remain to be clarified in published literature.

Data limitations

The 162 iNaturalist observations suggest field presence, but published biological and ecological data for this appear sparse.

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