Eulonchus

Eulonchus sapphirinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nemestrinoidea

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: Nemestrinoidea

Familia: Acroceridae
Subfamilia: Panopinae
Genus: Eulonchus
Species (6): E. halli – E. marginatus – E. marialiciae – E. sapphirinus – E. smaragdinus – E. tristis

Name

Eulonchus Gerstaecker, 1856: 359

Type species: Eulonchus smaragdinus Gerstaecker, 1856, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Gerstäcker, C.E.A. 1856. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Henopier. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 17: 339–361. BHL

Additional references

• Borkent, C.J., Gillung, J.P. & Winterton, S.L. 2016. Jewelled spider flies of North America: a revision and phylogeny of Eulonchus Gerstaecker (Diptera, Acroceridae). ZooKeys 619: 103–146. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.619.8249 . Reference page. 
• Schlinger, E.I. 1960. A review of the genus Eulonchus Gerstaecker. Part I. The species of the smaragdinus group (Diptera: Acroceridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 53(3): 416–422. DOI: 10.1093/aesa/53.3.416 abstract only seen

Vernacular names

English: North American jewelled spider flies