Proteaphila stuckenbergorum

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 stuckenbergorum

Name

• Proteaphila stuckenbergorum Davies & Miller, 2012: 627, figs. 1, 2, 3B, 4A, 5A, 8, 11, 14

Holotype: NMSA, Type no. 2284, ♂; 14–18.ix.1982, D. & C. Barraclough.

Type locality: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: Cathedral Peak [28°57'S 29°12'E].

Etymology: Named in honour of two of South Africa’s foremost dipterists: Brian Roy Stuckenberg and Pamela Stuckenberg (née Usher).

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.