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: Eulonchus sapphirinus

Name

Eulonchus sapphirinus Osten Sacken, 1877: 276

Lectotype: MCZ. ♂. "Webber Lake, Cal/ July 23. O Sacken" [white]; "West. Dipt./ O. Sacken." [white]; "TYPE/ 4/ 1076" [red and white]; "MC-ENT/ 00303277" [white]; "LECTOTYPE ♂/ Eulonchus sapphirinus/ Osten Sacken/ Des. C.J. Borkent 2015" [red]; specimen condition: excellent, no parts missing. (designated by Borkent, Gillung & Winterton, 2016)

Type locality: Webber Lake, Sierra County, California.

References

Primary 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.
Osten Sacken, C.R. 1877. Western Diptera: Descriptions of new genera and species of Diptera from the region west of the Mississippi and especially from California. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3: 189–354. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.57939 . BHL.

Vernacular names

English: Northern Sapphire or Emerald