Polytrichophora barba

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 barba

Name

• Polytrichophora barba Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 2012: figs 43–47

Holotype: USNM ENT 00133322, ♂; 9–11 Dec 1994, Wayne N. Mathis.

Type locality: Cuba. Sancti Spiritus: Topes de Collantes (21°54.4'N, 80°01.4'W, 670 m).

Etymology: The species epithet, barba, is Latin word for beard and refers to the distinctive tuft of setulae, the beard, on the ventral portion of the epandrium of this species.

Mentions

• Polytrichophora orbitalis of authors, not Loew [misidentification]. Woodley and Hilburn 1994: 31 [list, Bermuda].

References

• 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.