Afrotricha

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Nematocera
Infraordo: Bibionomorpha
Superfamilia: Sciaroidea

Genus: Afrotricha
Species (1): A. relicta
Name

Afrotricha Chandler, 2002
Gender: [feminine]
Original status: valid genus
Type species: Heterotricha relicta Edwards, 1925
Fixation: original designation [p. 112] [and monotypy]

References

Chandler, P. 2002: Heterotricha Loew and allied genera (Diptera: Sciaroidea): offshoots of the stem group of Mycetophilidae and/or Sciaridae? Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.), 38(1-2): 101–144. Fungus Gnats Online (PDF)
Edwards, F.W. 1925: Mycetophilidae and Bibionidae (Diptera) in the collections of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 19: 601–616. Fungus Gnats Online (PDF available)

Links

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