Akatiomyia eremnos

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: Asilidae
Subfamilia: Stenopogoninae
Genus: Akatiomyia
Species: Akatiomyia eremnos

Name

• Akatiomyia eremnos Londt, 2013: 58, figs. 1–10

Holotype: NMSA-DIP. 66434; Type no. 2740, ♂.

Type locality: SOUTH AFRICA: West Cape; 2.5 km SW Clanwilliam; Cedar Inn area 135m; 32°11'44"S 18°52'29"E; J & A Londt 8.ix.2012; Renosterbos near dam,

Etymology: From Greek ερεμνός (black). Refers to the largely shiny black coloration of this species.

References

• Londt, J.G.H., 2013: A remarkable new genus of robber flies, Akatiomyia gen. n., from the Western Cape Province of South Africa, and a new key to the genera of Afrotropical Stenopogoninae (Diptera: Asilidae). African invertebrates, 54(1): 57–68.