Rubistella

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: Rubistella
Species:
Name

Rubistella Garrett Jones, 1940
Original status: valid genus
Status: invalid synonym of Brachystoma by Smith, 1969: 297 ('SYN. NOV.'), but revalidated by Sinclair, 1995
Type species: Rubistella mitis Garrett Jones, 1940

References

Garrett Jones, C. 1940: Empididae: A. - Hybotinae, Ocydromiinae, Clinocerinae and Hemerodromiinae. Ruwenzori Exped. 1934-5, 2: 257–323. [not seen]
Sinclair, B.J. 1995. Generic revision of the Clinocerinae (Empididae), and description and phylogenetic relationships of the Trichopezinae, new status (Diptera: Empidoidea). The Canadian Entomologist 127(5): 665–752. DOI: 10.4039/Ent127665-5 Paywall. Reference page. [not seen]
Smith, K.G.V. 1969: The Empididae of Southern Africa (Diptera). Annals of the Natal Museum, 19: 1-347.

Links

ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
The BioSystematic Database of World Diptera

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

R. mitis Garrett-Jones, 1940[1]

References

Gerrett Jones, C. (1940-07-26). "Empididae: A. - Hybotinae, Ocydromiinae, Clinocerinae and Hemerodromiinae". Ruwenzori Expedition 1934–5. London: British Museum. 2 (5): 257–323. OCLC 1084524320. Retrieved 2022-03-24 – via Internet Archive.