Microcercis insularis

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 insularis

Name

Microcercis insularis (Malloch, 1914: 26)

• Type locality: Wallops Island, Virginia.
• Holotype: NMNH.

Synonymy

• Botanobia insularis Malloch, 1914: 26 [org. comb.]
  • Incertella insularis (Malloch) — Sabrosky 1980: 421 [n. comb.]
  • Microcercis insularis (Malloch) — Foster, 2024 [n. comb.]

Native distribution areas

US.

References

Primary references

• Malloch, J.R. 1914. Four new North American Chloropidae (Diptera). Psyche, 21: 24–26. DOI: 10.1155/1914/62078 [original description: p. 26]

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. 414 Figs. 19, 31]