Phacaspis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Empidoidea

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: Empidoidea

Familia: Dolichopodidae
Subfamilia: incertae sedis
Genus: Phacaspis
Species: P. mitis – P. ornata – P. palauensis – P. petiolata

Name

Phacaspis Meuffels & Grootaert, 1989: 312

Type species: Phacaspis petiolata Meuffels & Grootaert, 1989, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Meuffels, H.J.G. & Grootaert, P. 1989. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea VIII. Phacaspis, a new genus incertae sedis from the mangrove. Indo-Malayan Zoology 5(2): 311–319. PDF. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bickel, D.J. 2023. Korotongo, a new genus from Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, and a new species of Phacaspis Meuffels and Grootaert from Micronesia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Bickel, D.J. (eds.) Fiji Arthropods (New Series) I. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 152: 5–12. PDF. Reference page. 
• Grootaert, P. & Meuffels, H. 2001. Notes on marine dolichopodid flies from Thailand (Insecta: Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 49(2): 339–353. PDF.
• Sinclair, B.J., Brooks, S.E. & Cumming, J.M. 2008. A critical review of the world catalogs of Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera) by Yang et al. (2006, 2007). Zootaxa 1846: 61–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1846.1.7 . [criticizes subfamily placement in Yang et al. (2006), states in their opinion that the genus is better placed as incertae sedis in the family]
• Yang, D., Zhu, Y.-J., Wang, M.-Q. & Zhang, L.-L. 2006. World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. 704 pp. ISBN 9787811171020. Abstract at NHBS. Reference page.  [placed in new subfamily Kowmunginae]