Distostylus, Metz, Mark A. & Webb, Donald W., 2003

Metz, Mark A. & Webb, Donald W., 2003, Distostylus gen. nov., a monotypic therevine genus (Diptera: Asiloidea: Therevidae) from the Caribbean Island of Dominica, Zootaxa 222, pp. 1-12 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.156593
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6274973
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4D5587A1-3645-800D-DF27-5C52FEA25F40
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Distostylus
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Distostylus View in CoL View at ENA gen. nov. Webb

Type species Distostylus irwini Webb spec. nov. by present designation.

Etymology. disto (Latin) = stand apart, differ + stilus (incorrectly stylus) (Latin, masculine) = stilletto, stylet. Used as a noun in apposition and referring to the rather unique morphology of the gonostylus with its crablike shape and ventrally produced, heavily setose lobe.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Therevidae

Specimens

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