Amphitropesa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Oestroidea

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: Muscomorpha Sectio: Schizophora Subsectio: Calyptratae Superfamilia: Oestroidea

Familia: Tachinidae
Genus: Amphitropesa
Species (2): A. collessi – A. elegans

[Source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist]

Name

Amphitropesa Townsend, 1932: 463

• Original status: valid genus
• Type species: Amphitropesa elegans Townsend, 1932
  • Fixation: original designation (p. 463) [and monotypy]

References

• Barraclough, D.A. 1992: The systematics of the Australasian Dexiini (Diptera: Tachinidae: Dexiinae) with revisions of endemic genera. Invertebrate taxonomy, 6(5): 1127–1371. DOI: 10.1071/IT9921127 Reference page.  [See p. 1282]
• Townsend, C.H.T. 1932. New genera and species of Old World oestromuscoid flies. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 40(4): 439-479. JSTOR Reference page. 

Selected links

• Image of type species

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