Facitrichophora atrella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ephydroidea

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: Schizophora Subsectio: Acalyptrata Superfamilia: Ephydroidea

Familia: Ephydridae
Subfamilia: Discomyzinae
Tribus: Discocerinini
Genus: Facitrichophora
Species: Facitrichophora atrella

Name

• Facitrichophora atrella Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 2012: figs 1–5

Holotype: USNM ENT 00285972, ♂; 1 April 1988/Swept from sandy mud flats around mangrove inlet; J. M. Mitchell.

Type locality: Costa Rica. Guanacaste: Murciélago (10°56.9'N, 85°42.5'W; sandy mud flats around mangrove inlet).

Etymology: The species epithet, atrella, is of Latin derivation and refers to the blackish external appearance of this species.

References

• Mathis, W.N. & Zatwarnicki, T. 2012. A revision of the New World species of Polytrichophora Cresson and Facitrichophora, new genus (Diptera, Ephydridae). ZooKeys 231: 1–116. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.231.3687 . Reference page.