Oligopogon snowi

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 snowi

Name

Oligopogon snowi Londt, 2014: 306, fig. 2A

• Holotype: NMSA, ♂, 16.vii.72. at light.
• Type locality: GAMBIA: Keneba [13°20‘N 16°01‘W].
• Etymology: named after William 'Bill' Snow in recognition of his collecting activities in The Gambia which have greatly contributed to the understanding of West African Asilidae.

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. 306, fig. 2A]