Pteraulax sp.

Greathead, David J., 2006, New records of Namibian Bombyliidae (Diptera), with notes on some genera and descriptions of new species, Zootaxa 1149 (1), pp. 1-88 : 69

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1149.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:015DD261-8C5F-496E-A005-169ECDE3D10A

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F954D757-F354-FFAD-3666-FDFBFDE0FCA7

treatment provided by

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scientific name

Pteraulax sp.
status

 

Pteraulax sp. ? ausana Hesse

Material examined. 5♂♂, 1♀, Khorixas District , Leeukop 664, 19°53’15”S 14°21’44”E, 26–30.x.2001, A.H. Kirk­Spriggs & E. Marais, Malaise trap sample river bed GoogleMaps .

Notes. P. ausana is possibly only a form of P. eremophila which is larger but the male has not been not described. The holotype of P. ausana is 5.5 mm but the present female is 9.5 mm and the males 6–7 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Bombyliidae

Genus

Pteraulax

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