Machaerium (Dolichopodidae)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Empidoidea

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: Empidoidea

Familia: Dolichopodidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophorinae
Genus: Machaerium
Species: M. maritimae – M. sordidum – M. thinophilum

Name

Machaerium Haliday, 1832: 351

Type species: Machaerium maritimae Haliday, 1832, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Macherium Rondani, 1856: 146, 213 (unjustified emendation)
• Smiliotus Loew, 1857: 36 (unnecessary replacement name)

References

Primary references

• Haliday, A.H. 1832. The characters of two new dipterous genera, with indications of some generic subdivisions and several undescribed species of Dolichopodidae. The Zoological Journal 5 (1830/1831): 350–367. BHL.
• Loew, H. 1857. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Dipteren. Fünfter Beitrag. Programm der Königlichen Realschule zu Meseritz 1857: 1–56. BHL. Reference page. 
• Rondani, C. 1856. Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus. Vol: I. Genera Italica ordinis dipterorum ordinatum disposita et distinct et in familias et stirpes aggregate. Parma, 226 + [2] pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Becker, T. 1908. Dipteren der Kanarischen Inseln. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 4(1): 1–180. BHL.
• Grichanov, I.Ya. 2011. An illustrated synopsis and keys to afrotropical genera of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera: Empidoidea). Priamus Supplement 24: 1–98. Internet Archive.
• Maslova, O.O. & Negrobov, O.P. 2006. A review of species of the genus Machaerium (Diptera, Dolichopodidae). International Journal of Dipterological Research 17(2): 107–111. Reference page.  [not seen]
• O’Hara, J.E., Cerretti, P., Pape, T. & Evenhuis, N.L. 2011. Nomenclatural studies toward a world list of Diptera genus-group names. Part II: Camillo Rondani. Zootaxa 3141: 1–268. Preview PDF Reference page.