Microcercis dorsata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Carnoidea

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: Carnoidea

Familia: Chloropidae
Subfamilia: Oscinellinae
Genus: Microcercis
Species: Microcercis dorsata

Name

Microcercis dorsata (Loew, 1872: 115)

• Type locality: Newport, Rhode Island.
• Holotype: MCZ.

Synonymy

• Oscinis dorsata Loew, 1872: 115 [nom. nov.]
  • Oscinis dorsalis Loew, 1869: 43 [org. des., preoccupied]
  • Incertella dorsata (Loew) — Sabrosky 1980: 421
  • Microcercis dorsata (Loew) — Foster, 2024
• Botanobia spiniger Malloch, 1918: 109
  • Oscinella spiniger (Malloch) — Sabrosky 1935: 258 [syn. n.]

Native distribution areas

Canada, US.

References

Primary references

• Loew, H. 1872. Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria decima. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 16: 49–115. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.18720160110 . BHL. [original description: p. 115]

Additional references

• Foster, G.A. 2024. Revision of Nearctic Microcercis Beschovski (Diptera: Chloropidae), with Synonymy of Incertella Sabrosky, Zootaxa 5481(4): 401–439. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5481.4.1. . Reference page.  [diagnosis, description: p. 409 Figs. 17, 29]