Megalybus

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: Philopotinae
Genus: Megalybus
Species: M. crassus – M. obesus – M. pictus
[Source: González, Elgueta & Ramírez (2018)]

Name

Megalybus Philippi, 1866: 641

Type species: Megalybus pictus Philippi, 1866, by subsequent designation by González, Elgueta & Ramírez (2018): 428

Synonyms

• Megalybus Westwood, 1876: 511 [posterior homonym of Megalybus Philippi, 1866]
  • Type species: Megalybus pictus Westwood, 1876 [= Megalybus pictus Philippi, 1866], by subsequent designation by González, Elgueta & Ramírez (2018): 428

References

Primary references

• González, C.R., Elgueta, M. & Ramírez, F. 2018. A catalog of Acroceridae (Diptera) from Chile. Zootaxa 4374(3): 427–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.3.6 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Philippi, R.A. 1866. Aufzählung der chilenischen Dipteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 15[1865]: 595–782. BHL. Internet Archive. 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. 

Additional references

• Gillung, J.P. & Winterton, S.L. 2011. New genera of philopotine spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to living and fossil genera. ZooKeys 127: 15–27. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.127.1824 . Reference page.