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Issue: Vol. 5271 No. 1: 24 Apr. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5271.1.7
Page range: 163-168
Abstract views: 221
PDF downloaded: 14

On the taxonomic status of Agelanius antenninus (Philip) (Diptera: Tabanidae) from Peru based upon evidence from a morphological analysis of the holotype

Instituto de Entomología; Facultad de Ciencias Básicas; Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación Santiago; Chile.
Diptera Neotropical Region Peru taxonomy horseflies Brachycera Tabanoidea Tabanomorpha

Abstract

The taxonomic status of Agelanius antenninus (Philip, 1969) was evaluated on the basis of a morphological study of the holotype, described from Huánuco, Peru. Results of analyses of A. antenninus and its morphological comparison with A. meridianus Rondani, the type-species of Agelanius Rondani, proved that A. antenninus does not belong to the genus Agelanius. The subgenus Styphocera Philip is reinstated as a valid subgenus of Stypommisa Enderlein. Thus, the generic combination Stypommisa (Styphocera) antennina Philip should be reinstated for this species.

 

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