Proteaphila pajori

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: Proteaphila pajori

Name

• Proteaphila pajori Davies & Miller, 2012: 624, figs. 4B, 5B, 5D, 7, 10, 13

Holotype: NMSA, Type no. 2286, ♂; 30.viii.1988, I. Pajor.

Type locality: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: Cathedral Peak, Mike’s Pass [28°58'S 29°14'E], 1710 m.

Etymology: Patronym for Istvan Pajor, who, as a postgraduate student of the University of KwaZulu-Natal researching the insect fauna associated with Protea species, collected the holotype of this species, along with many other specimens of Proteaphila.

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.