Dactylomyia

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Dactylomyia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Neurigoninae
Tribe: Dactylomyiini
Genus: Dactylomyia
Aldrich, 1894 [1]
Type species
Dactylomyia gracilipes
(= Medetera lateralis Say, 1829)
Aldrich, 1894 [1]
Synonyms

Dactylomyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. [1] It includes seven species known from eastern North America, Central America, the Lesser Antilles, and the Hawaiian Islands. [2] The only species recorded from the Hawaiian Islands is Dactylomyia vockerothi , recorded only from Midway Atoll; the species is an accidental introduction to Midway, probably from the main Hawaiian islands and ultimately from the Neotropics. [3]

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Aldrich, J. M. (1894). "New genera and species of Dolichopodidae". Kansas University Quarterly. 2: 151–157. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.25909.
  2. ↑ Pollet, Marc A. A.; Brooks, Scott Edward; Cumming, Jeffrey Malcolm (2004). "Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 283. American Museum of Natural History: 1–114. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2004)283<0001:cotddo>2.0.co;2. hdl:2246/451.
  3. 1 2 3 Bickel, D. J. (1998). "The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Midway Atoll, with a New Species of Dactylomyia Aldrich, and Taxonomic Notes on the Subfamily Neurigoninae" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 55: 45–55.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Naglis, S. M. (2002). "Revision of the Neotropical Neurigoninae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) II: Argentinia Parent, Dactylomyia Aldrich, Macrodactylomyia gen. nov., and Systenoides gen. nov., with the definition of a new tribe Dactylomyiini" (PDF). Studia dipterologica. 8: 475–504. Retrieved 21 December 2015.


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