Hemipenthes alba is a species of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae, known from Mexico; the name was misspelled as albus in the original publication,[1] but as it is an adjective meaning "white", it must be corrected under the rules of gender agreement in the ICZN to alba.[2]
Hemipenthes alba | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Bombyliidae |
Genus: | Hemipenthes |
Species: | H. alba
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Binomial name | |
Hemipenthes alba Ávalos-Hernández, 2009
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Synonyms | |
Hemipenthes albus Ávalos-Hernández, 2009 (misspelling) |
References
edit- ^ Ávalos-Hernández, O. (2009) A review of the North American species of Hemipenthes Loew, 1869 (Diptera: Bombyliidae) Zootaxa 2074. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2074.1.1
- ^ Article 32, ICZN