Apterachalcus

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 (1): A. borboroides

Name

Apterachalcus Bickel, 1992: 12

Gender: masculine.

Type species: Acropsilus borboroides Oldroyd, 1955, by original designation [and monotypy].

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. 
• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H.J.G. 1997. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea XV. Scepastopyga gen. nov. and the establishment of a new subfamily, the Achalcinae. Journal of Natural History 31(10): 1587–1600. DOI: 10.1080/00222939700770841 . Reference page.  [p. 1599: included in subfamily Achalcinae]
• 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

• 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. 
• Pollet, M. 2005. Systematic revision of Neotropical Achalcus and a related new genus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, Achalcinae) with comments on their phylogeny, ecology and zoogeography. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 143(1): 27–73. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00141.x
• Pollet, M. & Cumming, J.M. 1998. Systematic revision of Nearctic species of Achalcus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with comments on their phylogeny, ecology and zoogeography. Systematic entomology 23(4): 371–385. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1998.00062.x