Polytrichophora pulchra

Taxonavigation

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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 pulchra

Name

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  • Polytrichophora pulchra (Cresson, 1918: 56)
Holotype: ANSP (6129), ♀; “Turrucares 22XII09 [22 Dec 1909][, ] C[osta]R[ica][, ]PPCalvert/Sweeping over mud/TYPE No. 6129 [pink; number handwritten]/310/Holo-TYPE Discocerina PULCHRA E. T. Cresson Jr [magenta; species and generic names handwritten].”
Type locality: Costa Rica. Alajuela: Turrucares (9°57.6'N, 84°19.2'W).

Mentions

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  • Discocerina pulchra Cresson 1918: 56.
  • Polytrichophora pulchra Cresson 1946: 143 [generic combination, review of Neotropical fauna]. Wirth 1968: 8 [Neotropical catalog]. Mathis and Zatwarnicki 1995: 186 [world catalog]. Mathis 1997b: 39 [review, Belize]. Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 2012, figs 84–88.

References

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  • Cresson, E., 1918: Costa Rican Diptera collected by Philip P. Calvert, Ph.D., 1909–1910. Paper 3. A report on the Ephydridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 44: 39–68.