Eulonchus smaragdinus

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 smaragdinus

Name

Eulonchus smaragdinus Gerstaecker, 1856: 360

Lectotype: ZMB. ♂. "Californien/ von Müller" [green]; "1251" [white]; "Type" [orange]; "smaragdinus/ Gerst.*" [green]; "Californ. v. Müller" [green]; "LECTOTYPE/ Eulonchus/ smaragdinus/ Gerst./ Designation of. E.I. Schlinger-1952" [blue]; specimen condition: very good, tarsi of both mid legs missing. (designated by Schlinger, 1952)

Type locality: California.

Synonyms

• Eulonchus smaragdinus pilosus Schlinger, 1960: 418 [syn. n.; Borkent, Gillung & Winterton, 2016]
  • Holotype: USNM. ♂. "S Bernadino/ Co. CAL."[white]; "Coquillet/ Collector" [white]; "Insect Book./ Pl.18 fig 23" [white]; "HOLOTYPE/ Eulonchus/ smaragdinus/ pilosus/ ♂ Schlinger" [orange]; specimen condition: excellent, tarsi of left hind leg missing.
  • Type locality: San Bernardino 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. 
• Gerstäcker, C.E.A. 1856. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Henopier. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 17: 339–361. BHL
• Schlinger, E.I. 1952. A lectotype designation in the genus Eulonchus (Diptera: Acroceridae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 28(4): 220. BHL.
• 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: Southern Emerald or Sapphire