Taxonavigation

Familia: Mycetophilidae
Subfamilia: Sciophilinae
Tribus: Leiini
Genus: Paradoxa
Species: Paradoxa paradoxa

Name

• Paradoxa paradoxa Jaschhof, 2006 ZooBank
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original genus: Paradoxa Marshall, 1896
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: NMP
  • Type locality: 'SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: Northern Drakensberg, Royal Natal Nat. Park, Gudu Forest (28°40.9'S:28°55.8'E), alt. 1680–1730 m'

References

• Jaschhof, M. 2006: Even more paradoxical: Paradoxa paradoxa sp. n. (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from South Africa, closest relative of the New Zealand Paradoxa fusca Marshall. African invertebrates, 47: 229–235. hdl: 10520/EJC84560 .

• Jaschhof, M.; Kallweit, U. 2009: The Cycloneura Marshall group of genera in New Zealand (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Leiini). Zootaxa 2090: 1-39. [publication date: 4 May 2009, sourced from first page of article] DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2090.1.1.