Coquena

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: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Nemestrinoidea

Familia: Acroceridae
Subfamilia: Panopinae
Genus: Coquena
Species: C. coquimbensis – C. stangei
Name

Coquena Schlinger in Schlinger et al., 2013: 73

Type species: Coquena stangei Schlinger in Schlinger et al., 2013, by original designation.
References
Primary references

Schlinger, E.I., Gillung, J.P. & Borkent, C.J. 2013. New spider flies from the Neotropical Region (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to New World genera. ZooKeys 270: 59–93. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.270.4476 Open access. Reference page.

Additional references

González, C.R. & Ramírez, F. 2021. Una especie nueva de Coquena (Diptera: Acroceridae) de Chile central con una clave para los géneros chilenos de Panopinae. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 92: e923640. DOI: 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2021.92.3640 Open access. Reference page.

Coquena is a genus of small-headed fly found in Argentina and Chile. It was first established by Evert I. Schlinger in 2013.

The genus is named after the Coquena legend of north-western Argentina. The type species, Coquena stangei, is named after Dr. Lionel A. Stange, who collected the type series.[1]
Species

The genus includes two species:[2]

Coquena coquimbensis González & Ramírez, 2021 – Chile
Coquena stangei Schlinger in Schlinger, Gillung & Borkent, 2013 – Argentina

References

Schlinger, Evert I.; Gillung, Jessica P.; Borkent, Christopher J. (2013). "New spider flies from the Neotropical Region (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to New World genera". ZooKeys (270): 59–93. doi:10.3897/zookeys.270.4476. PMC 3668421. PMID 23730188.
González, Christian R.; Ramírez, Francisco (2021). "Una especie nueva de Coquena (Diptera: Acroceridae) de Chile central con una clave para los géneros chilenos de Panopinae". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad (in Spanish). 92: e923640. doi:10.22201/ib.20078706e.2021.92.3640.