Polytrichophora agens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ephydroidea

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: Ephydroidea

Familia: Ephydridae
Genus: Polytrichophora
Species: Polytrichophora agens

Name

• Polytrichophora agens Cresson 1924: 161

Holotype: AMNH, ♀; "Galveston J[u]n[e] [19]00 Tex[as]/W. M. Wheeler Collection./Holo-TYPE Polytrichophora AGENS E. T. Cresson Jr."

Type locality: United States. Texas. Galveston (29°18.1'N, 94°47.9'W).

Mentions

• Polytrichophora agens Cresson 1924: 161; 1942: 114 [review of Nearctic fauna]. Wirth 1956: 9 [list, Bahamas]; 1965: 740 [Nearctic catalog]; 1968: 8 [Neotropical catalog]. Mathis and Zatwarnicki 1995: 183–184 [world catalog]. Mathis 1997b: 36–39 [review, Belize]. Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 2012, figs 29–37.

References

• Cresson, E., 1924: Descriptions of new genera and species of the dipterous family Ephydridae. Paper VI. Entomological News, 35(5): 159–164.

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• Mathis, W.N. & Zatwarnicki, T. 2012. A revision of the New World species of Polytrichophora Cresson and Facitrichophora, new genus (Diptera, Ephydridae). ZooKeys 231: 1–116. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.231.3687 . Reference page.