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Azana Walker 1856

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Description

Azana Walker

Azana Walker 1856:26

Type species. Azana scatopsoides Walker 1856: 26, by monotypy (= Azana anomala Staeger 1840).

Diagnosis. Three ocelli (except two in A. atlantica), antennae with 14 cylindrical flagellomeres, maxillary palpus 1-, 4-, or 5-segmented. Thorax arched, anepisternum setose on upper half or bare, laterotergite and mediotergite with setae, tibial spurs 1:2:2. Wing membrane usually with micro- and macrotrichia; costa produced beyond tip of R 5; subcosta usually short, ending free; r-m long, arising near base of wing; M obsolete at its base and apparently unbranched; Cu unbranched or branched with CuA 1 obsolete at its base and visible near wing margin.

Notes

Published as part of Kerr, Peter H., 2010, New Azana species from Western North America (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), pp. 1-14 in Zootaxa 2397 (1) on page 2, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2397.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5309969

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Walker
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Mycetophilidae
Genus
Azana
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Azana Walker, 1856 sec. Kerr, 2010

References

  • Walker, F. (1856) Insecta Britannica, Diptera. Volume 3. L. Reeve, London. xxiv + 352 pp.
  • Staeger, R. C. (1840) Systematisk fortegnelse over de i Danmark hidtil fundne Diptera. Naturhistorisk Tidskrift, 3, 228 - 288.