Megalybus

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: Philopotinae
Genus: Megalybus
Species: M. crassus – M. obesus – M. pictus
[Source: González, Elgueta & Ramírez (2018)]
Name

Megalybus Philippi, 1865: 641

Type species: Megalybus pictus Philippi, 1865, by subsequent designation by González, Elgueta & Ramírez (2018): 428
Synonyms

Megalybus Westwood, 1876: 511 [posterior homonym of Megalybus Philippi, 1865]
Type species: Megalybus pictus Westwood, 1876 [= Megalybus pictus Philippi, 1865], by subsequent designation by González, Elgueta & Ramírez (2018): 428

References

Gillung, J.P. & Winterton, S.L. 2011. New genera of philopotine spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to living and fossil genera. ZooKeys 127: 15–27. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.127.1824 Open access. Reference page.
González, C.R., Elgueta, M. & Ramírez, F. 2018. A catalog of Acroceridae (Diptera) from Chile. Zootaxa 4374(3): 427–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.3.6 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.
Philippi, R.A. 1865. Aufzählung der chilenischen Dipteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 15: 595–782. BHL. Internet Archive. Reference page.
Westwood, J.O. 1876. Notae dipterologicae. No. 3. - Descriptions of new genera and species of the family Acroceridae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1876: 507–518, plates V-VI. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1876.tb01927.x Paywall. BHL. Reference page.

Megalybus is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.[2]
Species

Megalybus crassus Philippi, 1865
Megalybus obesus Philippi, 1865
Megalybus pictus Philippi, 1865
Megalybus hollyoconnerous Philippi, 2007
Megalybus traceyus Philippi, 1987
Megalybus lonerganus Philippi, 2040

References

Westwood, J. O. (1876). "Notae Dipterologicae. No. 3.— Descriptions of new genera and species of the family Acroceridae". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1876: 507–518.
González, Christian R.; Elgueta, Mario; Ramirez, Fransisco (2018). "A catalog of Acroceridae (Diptera) from Chile". Zootaxa. 4374 (3): 427–440. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4374.3.6. PMID 29689809.