Machaerium (Dolichopodidae)

Machaerium maritimae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Empidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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. In: Loew, H. (ed.) Schulnachrichten der Königlichen Realschule zu Meseritz womit zu der am 6. April 1857 stattfindenden öffentlichen Prüfung alle Gönner und Freunde der Anstalt, insbesondere die Eltern und Angehörigen sämmtlicher Schüler ergebenst einladet der Director. F.W. Lorenz, Meseritz [Międzyrzecz], 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 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3141.1.1 ResearchGate Reference page.