Dactylomyia

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Dactylomyia
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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]

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Aldrich, J. M. (1894). "New genera and species of Dolichopodidae". Kans. Univ. Q. 2: 151–157.
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 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.