Carvalhoa micella

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nemestrinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Asilomorpha Superfamilia: Nemestrinoidea

Familia: Acroceridae
Subfamilia: Acrocerinae
Genus: Carvalhoa
Species: Carvalhoa micella

Name

Carvalhoa micella (Schlinger in Schlinger et al., 2013)

Holotype: CAS. ♂. 30.x-9.xi.2003; ME Irwin; FD Parker.

Paratypes:

• same data as holotype (4 ♂, CAS)
• same except: 2 km E Puente La Semilla: 119 km SE Copiapó; malaise nr wash with water; 11–17.x.2003; ME Irwin; 2082 m; 28°12.90'S, 69°45.66'W (1 ♂, CAS)
• Quillota Province; Palma de Ocoa; Parque Nacional Campanas; malaise in hillside draw; 215 m; 29.xii.1999; ME Irwin, EI Schlinger; 32.9324°S, 71.0781°W (EI Schlinger #010913; 1 ♂, CAS)
• same except: 2–10.i.2000 (EI Schlinger #013443-013449; 7 ♂, CAS)
• Region VI, Limarí Prov. Frey Jorge Nat’l Park, Quebrada Honda I; malaise in small wash; 15–31.x.2003; ME Irwin, FD Parker; 122 m; 30°41.4'S, 71°37.8'W (8 ♂)
• same except: 1–7.xi.2003 (ME Irwin #174749-174752, #174754-174756; 6 ♂, 1?, CAS)
• same except: El Mineral, malaise in wash upstream of seep, 23.xi–12.xii.2003; ME Irwin, FD Parker; 224 m; 30°39.44'S, 71°39.90'W (2 ♂, CAS)

Type locality: "CHILE, Region III, Copiapó Prov 125 km SE Copiapó; Fundo La Semilla; malaise on alluvium nr river, ... 2358 m; 28°15.04'S, 69°44.46'W".

Synonymy

• Sphaerops micella Schlinger in Schlinger et al., 2013: 65 [original combination]
• Carvalhoa micella (Schlinger in Schlinger et al., 2013): Koçak & Kemal, 2013: 4

References

Primary references

• Koçak, A.Ö. & Kemal, M. 2013. A nomenclatural note in the family Acroceridae (Diptera). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara miscellaneous papers 159: 3–4. Internet Archive. Reference page. 
• Schlinger, E.I., Gillung, J.P. & Borkent, C.J. 2013. New spider flies from the Neotropical Region (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to New World genera. ZooKeys 270: 59–93. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.270.4476 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• González, C.R., Elgueta, M. & Ramírez, F. 2018. A catalog of Acroceridae (Diptera) from Chile. Zootaxa 4374(3): 427–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.3.6 . ResearchGate . Reference page.