Microcercis minor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Carnoidea

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: Muscomorpha Sectio: Schizophora Subsectio: Acalyptrata Superfamilia: Carnoidea

Familia: Chloropidae
Subfamilia: Oscinellinae
Genus: Microcercis
Species: Microcercis minor

Name

Microcercis minor (Adams, 1905: 110)

• Type locality: Opelousas, Louisiana.
• Holotype: FMNH.

Synonymy

• Oscinis minor Adams, 1905: 110 [org. comb.]
  • Botanobia (Oscinis) proxima, Malloch, 1914: 25 .— Malloch 1915: 162 [syn. of minor]
  • Oscinella minor (Adams) — Becker 1912: 104 [n. comb.]
  • Incertella minor (Adams) — Sabrosky 1980: 421 [n. comb.]
  • Microcercis minor (Adams) — Foster, 2024 [n. comb.]

Native distribution areas

Canada, Mexico, US.

References

Primary references

• Adams, C.F. 1905. On the North American species of Oscinis. Entomological News, 16: 108–111. [original description: p. 110]

Additional references

• Foster, G.A. 2024. Revision of Nearctic Microcercis Beschovski (Diptera: Chloropidae), with Synonymy of Incertella Sabrosky, Zootaxa 5481(4): 401–439. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5481.4.1. . Reference page.  [n. comb., diagnosis, description: p. 415 Figs. 9, 20, 33, 34]