Akatiomyia

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: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Asiloidea

Familia: Asilidae
Subfamilia: Stenopogoninae
Genus: Akatiomyia
Species: A. eremnos
Name

Akatiomyia Londt, 2013: 57

Type species: Akatiomyia eremnos Londt, 2013

Etymology: From Greek ακάτιον (a dwarf) and μυια (a fly). Refers to small size of this robber fly.

References

Londt, J.G.H., 2013: A remarkable new genus of robber flies, Akatiomyia gen. n., from the Western Cape Province of South Africa, and a new key to the genera of Afrotropical Stenopogoninae (Diptera: Asilidae). African invertebrates, 54(1): 57–68. DOI: 10.5733/afin.054.0103