Cunomyia

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Cunomyia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Empididae
Subfamily: Empidinae
Genus: Cunomyia
Bickel, 1998

Cunomyia is a genus of flies in the family Empididae from montane sites in western Tasmania, of which almost all of them are in the Tasmanian World Heritage Area.

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First described in 1998 by Daniel Bickel in his paper, "Cunomyia, a distinctive new hilarine fly genus from the Tasmanian World Heritage Area", as being a monotypic genus only from Tasmania. [1]

Etymology

Cunomyia is a combination of the Latin "cuua", meaning cradle, and "myia", a Greek word meaning fly, referring to the type locality in Cradle Valley, Tasmania. [1]

Species

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bickel, Daniel (1998). "Cunomyia, a distinctive new hilarine fly genus from the Tasmanian World Heritage Area (Diptera: Empididae)" (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. ISSN   0080-4703 . Retrieved 9 January 2024.


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