Plinthina (subgenus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tabanomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: 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: Tabanomorpha

Familia: Tabanidae
Subfamilia: Pangoniinae
Tribus: Scionini
Genus: Scaptia
Subgenus: Plinthina
Species (12): S. arnhemensis – S. aurifulga – S. beyonceae – S. binotata – S. cinerea – S. clelandi – S. divisa – S. nelsonae – S. nigerrima – S. nigripuncta – S. subcinerea – S. vertebrata

Name

Plinthina Walker, 1850

Type species: Pangonia macroporum Macquart, 1838: 437, fig.28 (= Pangonia binotata Latreille, 1812), by original designation (and monotypy)

Gender: feminine

Synonymy

Pangonia (Plinthina) Walker, 1850: 10. (Later as synonym per Coquillett, 1910: 592. See also Ferguson, 1924: 253, plus later comments on genus Osa: 299)
Scaptia (Plinthina) Walker, 1850 (As subgenus, after Ferguson, 1926: 299).
Plinthina Walker, 1850 (Revised as valid genus after Enderlein, 1922: 341, see also Lessard, 2014: 218, fig. 8).

References

Primary references

Coquillett, D.W. 1910. The type-species of the North American genera of Diptera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 37: 499–647. BHL Reference page.
Enderlein, G. 1922. Ein neues Tabanidensystem. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 10(2): 333–351. BHL Reference page.
Ferguson, E.W. 1924. Notes on the nomenclature of Australian Tabanidae: subfamily Pangoniinae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 14: 251–263. DOI: 10.1017/S0007485300028340 Abstract Reference page.
Ferguson, E.W. 1926. Additional notes on the nomenclature of Australian Tabanidae. Bulletin of Entomological Research 16: 293–306. DOI: 10.1017/S0007485300028558 Abstract Reference page.
Macquart, J. 1838. Notice sur le genre Pangonie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 6: 429–438. BHL Reference page.
Walker, F. 1850. Diptera. Part I, pp. 1–76. In [Saunders, W.W. (ed.)], Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Vol. 1. Van Voorst, London. 474 pp. BHL Reference page.
Lessard, B.D. & Yeates, D.K. 2011. New species of the Australian horse fly subgenus Scaptia (Plinthina) Walker 1850 (Diptera: Tabanidae), including species descriptions and a revised key. Australian Journal of Entomology 50(3): 241–252. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2011.00809.x Reference page.
Lessard, B.D. 2014. Revision of the austral horse fly tribe Scionini (Diptera: Tabanidae). Austral Entomology 53(2): 203–239. DOI: 10.1111/aen.12076 Reference page.

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