Epacteon

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
Subfamilia: Metopininae
Genus: Epacteon
Species (2): E. armatus – E. latifrons

Name

Epacteon Borgmeier, 1963: 122

References

• Borgmeier, T. 1963: New or little known phorid flies from Australia (Dipt. Phoridae). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 35: 109–124. Reference page. 
• Brown, B.V. & Oliver, H. 2014. The first known ant-parasitising phorid fly (Diptera: Phoridae) from New Zealand is an invasive species. New Zealand Entomologist 37(2): 141–143. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2014.891455 Reference page. 

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