Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lauxanioidea 

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: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Acalyptrata
Superfamilia: Lauxanioidea

Familia: Lauxaniidae
Genus: Proteaphila
Species: Proteaphila stuckenbergorum

Name

  • Proteaphila stuckenbergorum Davies & Miller, 2012: 627, figs. 1, 2, 3B, 4A, 5A, 8, 11, 14
Holotype: NMSA, Type no. 2284, ♂; 14–18.ix.1982, D. & C. Barraclough.
Type locality: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: Cathedral Peak [28°57'S 29°12'E].
Etymology: Named in honour of two of South Africa’s foremost dipterists: Brian Roy Stuckenberg and Pamela Stuckenberg (née Usher).

References

  • Gregory B.P. Davies; Raymond M. Miller; Burgert S. Muller, 2012: A new genus of lauxaniid fly from South Africa (Diptera: Acalyptratae: Lauxaniidae), associated with proteas (Proteaceae). African invertebrates, 53 (2): 615–636. DOI: 10.5733/afin.053.0201.
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