Terphis

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: Terphis
Species: T. nodosa
Name

Terphis Erichson, 1840: 168

Type species: Terphis nodosa Erichson, 1840, by monotypy.
References
Primary references

Erichson, W.F. 1840. Entomographien, Untersuchungen in dem Gebiete der Entomologie, mit besonderer Benutzung der königl. Sammlung zu Berlin. F.H. Morin, Berlin. 180 pp. 2 plates. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Gillung, J.P. & Carvalho, C.J.B., de 2009. Acroceridae (Diptera): a pictorial key and diagnosis of the Brazilian genera. Zootaxa 2175: 29–41. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2175.1.3 Paywall. PDF. Reference page.
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.
Schlinger, E.I. 1960. A review of the South African Acroceridae (Diptera). Annals of the Natal Museum 14(3): 459–504. BioNames.
Schlinger, E.I. 1968. Africaterphis, a new genus for the African species of Terphis, and a redescription of the Brazilian genus Terphis Erichson (Diptera: Acroceridae). Annals of the Natal Museum 20(1): 59–62. PDF.