Epacteon latifrons

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: Epacteon latifrons

Name

Epacteon latifrons Brown & Oliver, 2014: 142

• Original genus: Epacteon Borgmeier, 1963
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: designated
  • Description: [adult] female
  • Repository: NZAC
• Type host: Technomyrmex jocosus
• Type locality: 'NEW ZEALAND: WO: Raglan, 37.83°S, 174.82°E' [NEW ZEALAND WO]
• ZooBank: 1FAF5A93-94EB-4EA0-9B9F-51574E6DBD66

References

• 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.  [See p. 142, and fig. 1; original description (female)]