Pterodontia melli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nemestrinoidea

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: Asilomorpha Superfamilia: Nemestrinoidea

Familia: Acroceridae
Subfamilia: Panopinae
Genus: Pterodontia
Species: Pterodontia melli

Name

Pterodontia melli Erichson, 1840: 163

Synonyms

• Pterodontia flavipes Macquart, 1838: 175 [preoccupied by Pterodontia flavipes Gray, 1832]
• Pterodontia macquarti Westwood, 1848: 97 [replacement name for Pterodontia flavipes Macquart, 1838]
• Nothra bicolor Westwood, 1876: 514
• Pterodontia variegata White, 1914 [syn.: Winterton (2012: 69)]

References

• Paramonov, S.J. 1957. A review of Australian Acroceridae (Diptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 5(4): 521–546. DOI: 10.1071/ZO9570521 . Reference page. 
• Westwood, J.O. 1876. Notae dipterologicae. No. 3. - Descriptions of new genera and species of the family Acroceridae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1876: 507–518, plates V-VI. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1876.tb01927.x . BHL. Reference page. 
• Winterton, S.L. 2012. Review of Australasian spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a revision of Panops Lamarck. ZooKeys 172: 7–75. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.172.1889 . Reference page.