Polytrichophora setigera

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 setigera

Name

• Polytrichophora setigera (Cresson, 1916: 148)

Holotype: ANSP (6101), ♂; “MesaGrande[, ] SonomaCo[, ] V 1908 Cal[ifornia]/JPBaumberger Collector/♂/Holo-TYPE Discocerina SETIGERA E. T. Cresson Jr [magenta; species and generic names handwritten]."

Type locality: United States. California. Sonoma: Mesa Grande (32°56.6'N, 117°11.1'W).

Mentions

• Discocerina setigera Cresson 1916: 148.
• Polytrichophora setigera Cresson 1942: 114 [generic combination, review of Nearctic fauna]. Wirth 1965: 740 [Nearctic catalog]. Mathis and Zatwarnicki 1995: 186 [world catalog]. Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 2012, figs 104–108.
• Polytrichophora orbitalis of authors, not Loew [misidentification]. Zatwarnicki and Mathis 2001: 49 [illustration of male terminalia from Jackson County, Oregon].

References

• Cresson, E., 1916: Descriptions of new genera and species of the dipterous family Ephydridae. III. Entomological News, 27(4): 147–152.

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• 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.