Africaterphis acroceroides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nemestrinoidea
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: Nemestrinoidea

Familia: Acroceridae
Subfamilia: Philopotinae
Genus: Africaterphis
Species: Africaterphis acroceroides

Name

Africaterphis acroceroides (Sabrosky, 1950)

Holotype: BMNH ['Type material of the two species has been returned to the Commonwealth Institute of Entomology for ultimate deposit in the British Museurn']. ♂.

Type locality: 'BELGIAN CONGO: Tenke, Katanga'

Synonymy

Terphis acroceroides Sabrosky, 1950: 50
Africaterphis acroceroides: Schlinger, 1968: 62 ('new comb.')

References

Primary references

Sabrosky, C.W. 1950. A new genus and two new species of, and miscellaneous notes on African Acroceridae (Diptera). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 19(3-4): 47–52. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1950.tb00924.x
Schlinger, E.I. 1968. Africaterphis, a new genus for the African species of Terphis, and a redescription of the Brazilian genus Terphis Erichson (Diptera: Acroceridae). Annals of the Natal Museum 20(1): 59–62. PDF.

Additional references

Barraclough, D.A. 1984. Review of some Afrotropical Acroceridae, with descriptions of eight new species from South Africa (Diptera: Brachycera). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 47(1): 45–66. PDF.
Hauser, M. & Winterton, S.L. 2007. A new fossil genus of small-headed flies (Diptera: Acroceridae: Philopotinae) from Baltic amber. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100(2): 152–156. DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[152:ANFGOS]2.0.CO;2 . PDF. Reference page.

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