Oligopogon platypteron

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asiloidea

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: Asiloidea

Familia: Asilidae
Subfamilia: Stichopogoninae
Genus: Oligopogon
Species: Oligopogon platypteron

Name

• Oligopogon platypteron Londt, 2014: 303, figs. 2C, 4, 26-28, 34

Holotype: NMSA, ♂, 30.iv.1991 / A. Freidberg / & Fini Kaplan.

Type locality: KENYA: Rt. A109 / 50 km SE Nairobi [Nairobi - 01°16'S 36°46'E].

Etymology: From Greek platys (broad, wide, flat) andpteron n. (wing). In reference to the broadly expanded wings possessed by this species.

References

• Londt, J.G.H. 2014. A revision of Afrotropical Oligopogon Loew, 1847 (Diptera: Asilidae) with the description of eighteen new species. African Invertebrates 55(2): 269–322. DOI: 10.5733/afin.055.0201 Reference page.  [original description: p. 303, figs. 2C, 4, 26-28, 34]