Boreodromia

Boreodromia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Empididae
Subfamily:	Trichopezinae
Genus:	Boreodromia ; Coquillett, 1903 [1]
Type species
	Synamphotera bicolor ; Loew, 1863
Synonyms
	Boreomyia Coquillett, 1903 [1] ; Boreomyia Aldrich, 1905 [2] ;

Last updated April 01, 2020

Boreodromia is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.

Species

B. bicolor (Loew, 1863)

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References

1 2 Coquillett, Daniel W. (1903). "The genera of the dipterous family Empididae, with notes and new species". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 5: 245–272. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
↑ Aldrich, J. M. (1905). "A catalogue of North American Diptera". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 46 (2): 1–680. Retrieved 18 April 2019.

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[Coquillett1903-1] 1 2 Coquillett, Daniel W. (1903). "The genera of the dipterous family Empididae, with notes and new species". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 5: 245–272. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

[Aldrich1905-2] Aldrich, J. M. (1905). "A catalogue of North American Diptera". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 46 (2): 1–680. Retrieved 18 April 2019.