Achaetothorax

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Heteromyzoidea

Familia: Sphaeroceridae
Genus: Achaetothorax
Species: A. abyssinicus – A. acrostichalis – A. completus – A. concavus – A. coninckae – A. crypticus – A. flavipes – A. grootaerti – A. mahunkaorum – A. malayensis – A. medialis – A. pectinatus – A. rhinocerotis – A. similis – A. straeleninus – A. trochanteratus – A. vojnitsi – A. whittingtoni
Name

Achaetothorax Hedicke, 1923: 431

Type species: Borborus (Gymnothorax) abyssinica Duda, 1923, automatic.

Mentions

Achaetothorax Hedicke, 1923: 431 (masculine) [nom.n. for Gymmnothorax Duda, 1923]. - Richards, 1930: 267 [as subgenus of Copromyza Fallén, 1810, list of genera]; Richards, 1938a: 403 [as subgenus of Copromyza, diagnosis in key]; Vanschuytbroeck, 1948: 31; Vanschuytbroeck, 1959a: 56; Vanschuytbroeck, 1959b: 36 [as subgenus of Borborus Meigen, 1803, diagnosis]; Richards, 1980: 615 [as subgenus of Copromyza; Afrotropical catalog]; Papp & Norrbom, 1992: 321–344 [as genus, redescription, revision of world species, key, phylogeny, illustr.]; Norrbom & Papp, 1994: 65–86 [as genus, taxonomic notes, additional species, key to world species, phylogeny, illustr.].
Gymnothorax Duda, 1923: 59 (masculine) [as subgenus of Borborus Meigen, 1803; a junior homonym of Gymnothorax Bloch, 1795, Pisces]. Type species: Borborus (Gymnothorax)abyssinica Duda, 1923, monotypy. - Hedicke, 1923: 431 [homonymy].
Femoromyza Richards, 1939: 71 (feminine) [as subgenus of Copromyza FallÈn, 1810]. Type species: Copromyza (Femoromyza) rhinocerotis Richards, 1939, original designation. - Richards, 1980: 617 [as subgenus of Copromyza; Afrotropical catalog]; Papp & Norrbom, 1992: 322 [synonymy].

References

Hedicke, 1923: Nomina nova ii-iv. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1923: pp. 72, 226, 431
Papp, L. 2017. Twenty new species of fifteen genera of the Afrotropical Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 63(4): 377–427. full article (pdf). Reference page.

Achaetothorax is a genus of flies belonging to the family Lesser Dung flies.[4]
Species

A. abyssinica (Duda, 1923)[2]
A. acrostichalis Papp & Norrbom, 1992[5]
A. completus Norrbom & Papp, 1994[6]
A. concavus Norrbom & Papp, 1994[6]
A. coninckae Norrbom & Papp, 1994[6]
A. crypticus Papp & Norrbom, 1992[5]
A. flavipes Papp & Norrbom, 1992[5]
A. grootaerti Norrbom & Papp, 1994[6]
A. malayensis Papp & Norrbom, 1992[5]
A. medialis Norrbom & Papp, 1994[6]
A. pectinatus Norrbom & Papp, 1994[6]
A. rhinocerotis (Richards, 1939)[3]
A. straeleninus (Richards, 1980)[7]
A. trochanteratus Papp & Norrbom, 1992[5]
A. vojnitsi Papp & Norrbom, 1992[5]
A. whittingtoni Norrbom & Papp, 1994[6]

References

Hedicke, H. (1923). "Nomina nova. IV". Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift. 1923: 431.
Duda, Oswald (1923). "Revision der altweltlichen Arten der Gattung Borborus (Cypsela) Meigen (Dipteren)". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Abteilung A. 89 (4): 35–112. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
Richards, O. W. (1939). "Some African Sphaeroceridae (Borboridae) in the collection of the British Museum (Diptera)". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B. 8: 68–73.
Rohček, Jindřich; Marshall, Stephen A.; Norrbom, Allen L.; Buck, Matthias; Quiros, Dora Isabel; Smith, Ian (2001). Rohček, Jindřich (ed.). World Catalog of Sphaeroceridae (Diptera). Opava: Slezské Zemské Muzeum. pp. 1–414. ISBN 978-8086224213. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
Papp, L.; Norrbom, A. L. (1992). "Taxonomy of the Palaeotropical genus Achaetothorax Hedicke (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae)". Acta Zoologica Hungarica: 38, 321–344.
Norrbom, A. L.; Papp, L. (1994). "Additional new species and analysis of phylogenetic relationships of Achaetothorax Hedicke (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae". 40 (1): 65–86.
Richards, O. W. 57. Family Sphaeroceridae. In Crosskey, R. W. (ed.): Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region . 1437 pp. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 614–626. ISBN 9780565008215.