Apterachalcus borboroides

Apterachalcus borboroides male, body length about 1.2 mm

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: Achalcinae
Genus: Apterachalcus
Species: Apterachalcus borboroides

Name

Apterachalcus borboroides (Oldroyd, 1955)

Holotype: MONZ, as 'Dominion Museum, Wellington, New Zealand'. ♂.

Type locality: 'Campbell Island, 52° 33' S.; 169° 1' E. Holotype [male] under stones in Mollyhawk Colony, Courrejolles Pen.'.

Synonymy

• Acropsilus borboroides Oldroyd, 1955: 243 (original combination)
• Apterachalcus borboroides: Bickel, 1992: 12

References

Primary references

• Bickel, D.J. 1992 (imprint 1991). Sciapodinae, Medeterinae (Insecta: Diptera) with a generic review of the Dolichopodidae. Fauna of New Zealand 23: 1–74. DOI: 10.7931/J2/FNZ.23 . Reference page. 
• Oldroyd, H. 1955. [The Diptera of Auckland and Campbell Islands. Part 4.] A wingless dolichopodid (Diptera) from Campbell Island. Records of the Dominion Museum 2(4): 243–246. Full article. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Evenhuis, N.L. 1997. Review of flightless Dolichopodidae (Diptera) in the Hawaiian islands. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 53: 1–30. PDF. Reference page. 
• Harrison, R.A. 1964. Insects of Campbell Island. Diptera. Pacific Insects Monograph 7: 304–324. full article on BUGZ. Reference page.  [see p. 309]
• Harrison, R.A. 1976. The Arthropoda of the southern islands of New Zealand (9) Diptera. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 6(2): 107–152. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1976.10421469 . Reference page.  [first record from Auckland Islands]
• Kohn, M.A. 1962: Insects of Macquarie Island. Diptera: Dolichopodidae. Pacific insects, 4(4): 959–962. BUGZ PDF
• Macfarlane, R.P., Maddison, P.A., Andrew, I.G., Berry, J.A., Johns, P.M., Hoare, R.J.B., Larivière, M.-C., Greenslade, P., Henderson, R.C., Smithers, C.N., Palma, R.L., Ward, J.B., Pilgrim, R.L.C., Towns, D.R., McLellan, I., Teulon, D.A.J., Hitchings, T.R., Eastop, V.F., Martin, N.A., Fletcher, M.J., Stufkens, M.A.W., Dale, P.J., Burckhardt, D., Buckley, T.R. & Trewick, S.A. 2010. Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233–467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010. New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. Reference page.  PDF. Reference page.