Paraclius arcuatus

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: Dolichopodinae
Genus: Paraclius
Species: Paraclius arcuatus

Name

Paraclius arcuatus (Loew, 1861)

Lectotype: MCZ-ENT 00013026, ♀. “Cuba [green label]”; “arcuatus”; “206”; “Loew | Coll.”; “Type | 13026” [red label]; “MCZ-ENT | 00013026”. (designated by ???)

Type locality: Cuba.

Synonymy

• Pelastoneurus arcuatus Loew, 1861: 39
• Paraclius arcuatus: Loew, 1864: 101
• Paraclius femoratus Aldrich, 1901: 340 [syn.: Soares et al., 2023]
  • Syntype: USNM, ♀. “[Mexico] Vera Cruz. | April. H.H.S.”; “Collection | JMAldrich”; “Cotype | No. 50470 | U.S.N.M.”; “Paraclius | femoratus | Ald.” [handwritten].
  • Type locality: Mexico, Veracruz, Teapa, and Frontera.

References

Primary references

• Aldrich, J.M. 1901. Dolichopodidae. Pp. 333–366. In: 1886–1901. Osten Sacken, C.R. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Diptera. Vol. I. London: Dulau & Co. viii + 378 pp. BHL.
• Loew, H. 1861. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Dipteren. Achter Beitrag. Die nordamerikanischen Dolichopodiden. Programm der Königlichen Realschule zu Meseritz 1861: 1–100. BHL.
• Loew, H. 1864. Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part II. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 6: 1–360. BHL.
• Soares, M.M.M., Runyon, J.B., Capellari, R.S. & Ale-Rocha, R. 2023. Review of Paraclius arcuatus species-group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) with description of two new species. Zootaxa 5323(2): 151–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.2.1 . Plazi. PDF. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Robinson, H. 1970. Family Dolichopodidae. In: A catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas South of the United States. Fasc. 40. Universidade de São Paulo, Museu de Zoologia, 1–92. BHL Reference page.