Astomella

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: Panopinae
Genus: Astomella
Species (13): A. acuta – A. capensis – A. cretensis – A. deserticola – A. gessi – A. gravis – A. hispaniae – A. jardinei – A. maculata – A. minuta – A. montana – A. oldroydi – A. parvacoronata
Name

Astomella Latreille, 1809: 319

Type species: Astomella hispianae Lamarck, 1816, by subsequent monotypy.
Synonyms

Physegaster Macquart, 1847: pl. 3, fig. 6 [1849: 445]
Type species: Physegaster maculatus Macquart, 1847, by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Latreille, P.A. 1809. Genera crustaceorum et insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata. Tomus quartus et ultimus. Parisiis: A. Koenig, 399 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Barraclough, D.A. 1984. Review of some Afrotropical Acroceridae, with descriptions of eight new species from South Africa (Diptera: Brachycera). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 47(1): 45–66. PDF.
Barraclough, D.A. 1991. A review of the genus Astomella Lamarck in southern Africa, with the description of two new species (Diptera: Acroceridae: Panopinae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 54(2): 163–172. hdl: 10520/AJA00128789_3745 Open access.
Evenhuis, N.L., Pape, T. & Pont, A.C. 2016. Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus:-Group Names. Part V: Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart. Zootaxa 4172(1): 1–211. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4172.1.1 Open access. Full article (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77557-528-3 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-529-0 (Online edition) Reference page.
Schlinger, E.I. 1960. A review of the South African Acroceridae (Diptera). Annals of the Natal Museum 14(3): 459–504. BioNames.

Links

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