Proteaphila

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lauxanioidea

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: Lauxanioidea

Familia: Lauxaniidae
Genus: Proteaphila
Species: P. maculosa – P. pajori – P. stuckenbergorum

Name

• Proteaphila Davies, Miller & Muller, 2012: 617

Type species: Proteaphila stuckenbergorum Davies, Miller & Muller, 2012

Etymology: From Protea, a large genus of >100 species of bushes and small trees characterized by their dramatic inflorescences, and Latin phila (loving).

References

• Gregory B.P. Davies; Raymond M. Miller; Burgert S. Muller, 2012: A new genus of lauxaniid fly from South Africa (Diptera: Acalyptratae: Lauxaniidae), associated with proteas (Proteaceae). African invertebrates, 53 (2): 615–636. DOI: 10.5733/afin.053.0201.