Antyx

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 Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Allotriocarida Classis: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Asilomorpha Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Dolichopodidae
Subfamilia: incertae sedis
Genus: Antyx
Species: A. edita – A. fagina – A. flavipleuris – A. fuscirostris – A. matilei – A. pallida – A. pallidiventris – A. werrikimbe

Name

Antyx Meuffels & Grootaert, 1991: 290

Type species: Antyx pallida Meuffels & Grootaert, 1991, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Meuffels, H.J.G. & Grootaert, P. 1991. Diptera Dolichopodidae of New Caledonia. 1. Antyx, a new genus in the subfamily Sympycninae. In: Chazeau, J. & Tillier, S. (eds.) Zoologica Neocaledonica. Volume 2. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie 149: 289–300. BHL.

Additional references

• Bickel, D.J. 1999. Australian Antyx Meuffels and Grootaert and the New Caledonian connection (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 38(3): 168–175. DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6055.1999.00102.x . Reference page.  [removed from Sympycninae]
• Sinclair, B.J., Brooks, S.E. & Cumming, J.M. 2008. A critical review of the world catalogs of Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera) by Yang et al. (2006, 2007). Zootaxa 1846: 61–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1846.1.7 . [criticizes subfamily placement in Yang et al. (2006), states in their opinion that the genus is better placed as incertae sedis in the family]
• Yang, D., Zhu, Y.-J., Wang, M.-Q. & Zhang, L.-L. 2006. World catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. 704 pp. ISBN 9787811171020 [not seen] Reference page.  [placed in new subfamily Antyxinae]