IRMNG - Muscopteryx Townsend, 1892

IRMNG taxon details

Muscopteryx Townsend, 1892

IRMNG_ID

1330477 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1330477)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Tachinidae Bigot, 1853

Synonymised names

Psammoppia Townsend, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Muscopteryx chaetosula Townsend, 1892
Species Muscopteryx hiemalis Reinhard, 1944
Species Muscopteryx hilaris Reinhard, 1944
Species Muscopteryx hinei Reinhard, 1944
Species Muscopteryx longiseta Reinhard, 1944
Species Muscopteryx nitida Reinhard, 1944
Species Muscopteryx obscura Coquillett, 1902
Species Muscopteryx parilis Reinhard, 1944
Species Muscopteryx petentis Reinhard, 1958
Species Muscopteryx peterntis Reinhard, 1958
Species Muscopteryx tibialis Coquillett, 1902

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Townsend, C.H.T. (1892). The North American genera of calyptrate Muscidae. Paper II. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 19: 133-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7804151
page(s): 137 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Muscopteryx Townsend, 1892. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1330477 on 2025-03-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (7)
Links (4)

original description Townsend, C.H.T. (1892). The North American genera of calyptrate Muscidae. Paper II. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 19: 133-144., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7804151
page(s): 137 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm
note: cited as "Canad. Ent., 24: 170" [details]

basis of record SN2000 unverified/Stang, 2004-present [details]

current name source Evenhuis, N. L.; Pont, A. C.; Whitmore, D. (2015). Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part IV: Charles Henry Tyler Townsend. Zootaxa. 3978(1): 1-362., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279868508 [details]

extant flag source SN2000 unverified/Stang, 2004-present [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Psammoppia Townsend, 1915) Townsend, C. H. (1915). Proposal of new muscoid genera for old species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 28: 19-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3338457
page(s): 20 [details]

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To BioNames database (from synonym Psammoppia Townsend, 1915)
To ION (Index to Organism Names)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Psammoppia Townsend, 1915)