Tritoxa Loew 1873
- 1. Canadian National Collection of Insects & Canadian Food Inspection Agency, OPL-Entomology, K. W. Neatby Bldg., C. E. F., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, K 1 A 0 C 6, Canada
- 2. Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H 9 X 3 V 9, Canada alyssa. m. macleod @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7048 - 8481
Description
Tritoxa sp.
(Figs 13, 24)
Material examined. USA. California: Inyo Co., Deep Springs [37°22′N 117°59′W], Malaise trap 9A-3P, 24/ 25. v.1974, J. Slansky and M. Wasbauer (1♀, CSCA); Mono Co., Rock Ck Cpgd [37°28′N 118°43′W], 4.vii.1967, P.H. Arnaud (1♀, CAS). Nevada: Lyon Co., 7 mi NW Wellington [38°45′N 119°22′W], Malaise trap 8A-12M, 28.v.1974, M. Wasbauer, J. Slanksy (2♀, CSCA).
Diagnosis. This species has the general appearance of Tritoxa cuneata, but is distinguished by wider silvery parafrontal microtrichose stripe together with the discal hyaline crossband extending beyond cell dm, nearly reaching the wing margin (Fig. 13).
Distribution. This unnamed species is known from Inyo and Mono counties in California and Lyon County in Nevada (Fig. 24).
Remarks. This species is known only from four female specimens. Males are required to confirm its species status through the comparison of the male terminalia.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- CAS , CSCA
- Event date
- 1967-07-04 , 1974-05-25 , 1974-05-28
- Family
- Ulidiidae
- Genus
- Tritoxa
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Diptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Loew
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Verbatim event date
- 1967-07-04 , 1974-05-25 , 1974-05-28
- Taxonomic concept label
- Tritoxa Loew, 1873 sec. Sinclair, Macleod & Wheeler, 2021