Metasphenisca spathuliniforme

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tephritoidea 

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: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Tephritoidea

Familia: Tephritidae
Subfamilia: Tephritinae
Tribus: Tephrellini
Genus: Metasphenisca
Species: Metasphenisca spathuliniforme

Name

Metasphenisca spathuliniforme Dirlbek & Dirlbek, 1968: 175.

Type locality: Afgahnistan, Nengrahar Province, "Darunta & Laghman" per Hancock, 2007

Typus: Holotype [?]

Synonyms

  • Metasphenisca spathuliniforme Dirlbek & Dirlbek, 1968: 175. (Original combination)
  • Pliomelaena spathuliniforma (Dirlbek & Dirlbek, 1968); Hancock, 2007: 57.
    • = [?]Pliomelaena udhampurensis Agarwal & Kapoor, 1988: 119. (proposed as junior synonym in Hancock, 2007, but previously valid in Hancock, 2004: 134)

References

Primary references

  • Dirlbek, J. & Dirlbek, K. 1968. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna Afghanistans. Trypetidae, Diptera. Časopis Moravského Musea Vědy Přírodní (Acta Musei Moraviae, Supplementum) 53: 173–180. (Elsewhere cited as Cas. Morav. Mus. Ved. Prir. 53 (suppl.) or "Acta Mus. Mor. (Caso. Mor. Mus.), Sei. nat. (Suppl.)". See Archive for another part of wider context).
  • Hancock, D.L. 2007b. A new synonym and a new combination in the fruit fly tribe Pliomelaenini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Tephritinae). Australian entomologist 34(2): 57. Abstract. Researchgate PDFReference page. 

Additional references

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