Afromochtherus mendax

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asiloidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: 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: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Asiloidea

Familia: Asilidae
Subfamilia: Asilinae
Tribus: Neomochtherini
Genus: Afromochtherus
Species:

Name

  • Afromochtherus mendax (Tsacas, 1969: 22)
Holotype: MNHN ♂, 1906, E. Hang.
Type locality: SOUTH AFRICA: Steynsburg [3118S:2549E], Cape.

Synonymy

  • Neomochtherus mendax Tsacas, 1969: 22–23.
  • Afromochtherus mendox [sic]; Lehr, 1996: 72.

References

  • Tsacas, L., 1969: Révision des espèces du genre Neomochtherus Osten-Sacken (Diptères: Asilidae). II. Region Ethiopienne. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (A), Zoologie. LXI(1): 1–32. [original description: p. 22]
  • Londt, J.G.H. 2002. Afrotropical Asilinae (Asilidae): a provisional key to genera, with a review of the status of Neomochtherus Osten Sacken, 1878, and descriptions of new genera and species. African Invertebrates 43: 11–92. PDF African Journal Reference page.  [material, comments: p. 35, figs. 66–72]