Niphogenia

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: Empidoidea

Familia: Brachystomatidae
Subfamilia: Trichopezinae
Genus: Niphogenia
Species (2): N. eucera – N. turneri

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist]
Name

Niphogenia Melander, 1927
Original status: valid genus
Gender: feminine
Type species: Niphogenia eucera Melander, 1927
Fixation: original designation [and monotypy]

References

Melander, A.L. 1927: Diptera Fam. Empididae. Genera insectorum, 185 Internet Archive BHL
Wilder, D.D. 1981. A revision of the genus Niphogenia Melander (Diptera: Empididae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 57(3): 422–428. BHL.

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Niphogenia is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.
Species

N. eucera Melander, 1928[1]
N. turneri Wilder, 1981[2]

References

Melander, A. L. Diptera. Fam. Empididae. In Wytsman, P., ed.,. Bruxelles: Genera insectorum.185. pp. 1–434.
Wilder, D. D. (1981). "A revision of the genus Niphogenia Melander (Diptera: Empididae)". The Pan-Pacific entomologist. 57: 422–428.