Craterophorus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Empidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Asilomorpha Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Dolichopodidae
Subfamilia: Medeterinae
Genus: Craterophorus
Species: C. currani – C. mirabilis – C. mirus – C. parenti – C. permirus

Name

Craterophorus Lamb, 1921: 475 [Lamb, 1922: 380]

Type species: Craterophorus mirus Lamb, 1921, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Lamb, C.G. 1921. An unusual type of male-secondary sexual characters in Diptera. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 20: 475–477. BHL.

Additional references

• Dyte, C.E. & Smith, K.G.V. 1980. 33. Family Dolichopodidae. Pp. 443–463. In: Crosskey, R. (ed.) Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1437 pp. ISBN 0-565-00821-8. BHL. Reference page. 
• Grichanov, I.Ya. 1998. Two new species of Craterophorus Lamb (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Indian Ocean islands. International Journal of Dipterological Research 9(3): 207–211. Online.
• Grichanov, I.Ya. 1999. A brief review of the Afrotropical fauna of the subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with descriptions of a new genus and new species. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Entomologie 69: 87–112. PDF Online
• Lamb, C.G. 1922. Diptera: Asilidae, Scenopidae, Dolichopodidae, Pipunculidae, Syrphidae. In: Gardiner, S. The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. Vol. VII. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (ser. 2) 18, Zoology: 361-416. BHL.