Polytrichophora setulosa

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 setulosa

Name

• Polytrichophora setulosa (Cresson 1918: 58)

Holotype: ANSP (6133), ♂; “Filadelfia[, ] Costa Rica/muddy beach R[io].Tempisque/PPCalvert 18. 1 1910 [18 Jan 1910][date handwritten]/♂/TYPE 6133/690/Holo-TYPE Discocerina SETULOSA E. T. Cresson Jr [magenta; species name handwritten].”

Type locality: Costa Rica. Guanacaste: Filadelfia (Río Tempisque; 10°26.7'N, 85°32.9'W).

Mentions

• Discocerina setulosa Cresson 1918: 58.
• Polytrichophora setulosa. Cresson 1946: 143 [generic combination, review of Neotropical fauna]. Wirth 1968: 9 [Neotropical catalog]. Mathis and Zatwarnicki 1995: 186 [world catalog]. Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 2012, figs 69–73.

References

• Cresson, E., 1918: Costa Rican Diptera collected by Philip P. Calvert, Ph.D., 1909–1910. Paper 3. A report on the Ephydridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 44: 39–68.

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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.