Paradoxa paradoxa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sciaroidea

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: Nematocera Infraordo: Bibionomorpha Superfamilia: Sciaroidea

Familia: Mycetophilidae
Subfamilia: Sciophilinae
Tribus: Leiini
Genus: Paradoxa
Species: Paradoxa paradoxa

Name

• Paradoxa paradoxa Jaschhof, 2006 ZooBank
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original genus: Paradoxa Marshall, 1896
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: NMP
  • Type locality: 'SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: Northern Drakensberg, Royal Natal Nat. Park, Gudu Forest (28°40.9'S:28°55.8'E), alt. 1680–1730 m'

References

• Jaschhof, M. 2006. Even more paradoxical: Paradoxa paradoxa sp. n. (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from South Africa, closest relative of the New Zealand Paradoxa fusca Marshall. African Invertebrates 47: 229–235. hdl: 10520/EJC84560 . Reference page. 
• Jaschhof, M. & Kallweit, U. 2009. The Cycloneura Marshall group of genera in New Zealand (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Leiini). Zootaxa 2090: 1–39. Reference page.