Antipodiphora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Phoroidea

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: Aschiza Superfamilia: Phoroidea

Familia: Phoridae
Genus: Abaristophora
Subgenus: Antipodiphora
Species (6): A. austrophila – A. brevicornis – A. nana – A. similicornis – A. subarcuata – A. tonnoiri

Name

• Antipodiphora Schmitz, 1939
  • Authority for current placement: original and Disney & Ross, 1997: 128 ('Reduced to subgenus ... Therefore, Borgmeier's elevation of Antipodiphora to generic status is herewith formally rejected. All the New Zealand species are returned to Abaristophora')
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities, but sometimes overlooked
  • Gender: [feminine]
  • Original status: valid subgenus of Abaristophora
  • Type species: Abaristophora tonnoiri Schmitz, 1939
    • Fixation: original designation

References

Primary references

• Schmitz, H. 1939: Neuseeländische Phoriden. Natuurhistorisch Maandblad, 28: 34–37, 55-56, 67-68, 75-76, 86-89, 98-101, 110-116, 124-129. [1]

Additional references

• Disney, R.H.L.; Ross, A.J. 1997: Abaristophora and Puliciphora (Diptera: Phoridae) from Dominican amber and revisionary notes on modern species. European journal of entomology, 94(1): 127–135. abstract and pdf

Links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus