Calohilara

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Calohilara
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Empididae
Subfamily: Empidinae
Genus: Calohilara
Frey, 1952 [1]
Type species
Hilara (Calohilara) elegans
Frey, 1952 [1]

Calohilara is a genus of flies in the family Empididae. It was originally considered a subgenus of Hilaria , but raised to genus status due to morphological features such as "male eyes narrowly separated on the face with the enlarged anterior ommatidia, male and female wings with distinct dark markings and veins R2+3 strongly bent. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Frey, R. (1952). "Studien über ostasiatische Hilara-Arten (Diptera, Empididae)". Notulae Ent. 32: 119–143.
  2. 1 2 Ding, Shuangmei; Hi, Dongyue; Lin, Chen; Yang, Ding (2020). "Calohilara (Diptera: Empididae), newly recorded from China with description of one new species". Entomotaxonomia. 42 (4): 270. doi:10.11680/entomotax.2020030 . Retrieved 17 September 2023.