Acridophagus paganicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asiloidea

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: Asiloidea

Familia: Mythicomyiidae
Subfamilia: Psiloderoidinae
Genus: Acridophagus
Species: Acridophagus paganicus

Name

• Acridophagus paganicus (White, 1916)
  • Authority for current placement: original, with objective replacement of Cyrtomorpha with Acridophagus, but claimed also by Evenhuis, 1989: 360 ('N. comb.')
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original combination: Cyrtomorpha paganica
  • Original genus: Cyrtomorpha White, 1916
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: unique ('C. paganica is at present known from only a single specimen, ...')
    • Description: [adult] male?
    • Repository: ?
  • Type locality: 'Mangalore'

References

Primary references

• White, A. 1916: The Diptera-Brachycera of Tasmania. Part III. Families Asilidae, Bombylidae, Empidae, Dolichopodidae, & Phoridae. Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1916: 148–272. [Publication date: 'Issued separately 30th Nov., 1916', sourced from first page of article] BHL [first availability, see p. 186 and fig. 30]

Additional references

• Evenhuis, N.L. 1989: 40. Family Bombyliidae. Pp. 359-374 in Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.) Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Honolulu and Leiden: Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill. PDF
• Evenhuis, N.L. 2002: Catalog of the Mythicomyiidae of the world. Bishop Museum bulletin in entomology, (10) PDF [see p. 17]
• Roberts, F.H.S. 1929: A revision of the Australian Bombyliidae (Diptera). III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 54: 553–583. BHL [see p. 566]

Links

• Evenhuis, N.L. 2007 Family Mythicomyiidae. In: Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.), Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. (online version). Available at: http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/aocat/mythico.html. Last accessed: 20/02/2012
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