Polytrichophora mimbres

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ephydroidea

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: Ephydroidea

Familia: Ephydridae
Genus: Polytrichophora
Species: Polytrichophora mimbres

Name

• Polytrichophora mimbres Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 2012: figs 89–93

Holotype: USNM ENT 00285965, ♂; 22 Aug 2009, W. N. Mathis.

Type locality: United States. New Mexico. Grant: Mimbres River (New Mexico Highway 61 & Royal John Mine Road; 32°43.8'N, 107°52'W; 1665 m).

Etymology: The species epithet, mimbres, is a noun in apposition and refers to the river in southern New Mexico where the type series was collected.

References

• Mathis, W.N. & Zatwarnicki, T. 2012. A revision of the New World species of Polytrichophora Cresson and Facitrichophora, new genus (Diptera, Ephydridae). ZooKeys 231: 1–116. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.231.3687 . Reference page.