Elmoia

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Elmoia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Elmoia
Evenhuis, 2005 [1]
Type species
Chrysotus saxatilis
Grimshaw, 1901

Elmoia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, endemic to Hawaii. It is part of the Eurynogaster complex of genera. [2] The genus is named in honor of D. Elmo Hardy. [1]

Species

References

  1. 1 2 Evenhuis, Neal L. (2005). "A review of the genera comprising species of the genus Eurynogaster sensu Hardy & Kohn, 1964 in Hawaiʻi (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa . 1017 (1): 39–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1017.1.5 . Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. Goodman, Kari Roesch; Evenhuis, Neal; Bartošová-Sojková, Pavla; O'Grady, Patrick Michael (2016). "Multiple, independent colonizations of the Hawaiian Archipelago by the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". PeerJ . 4 e2704. doi: 10.7717/peerj.2704 . PMC   5119231 . PMID   27896033.
  3. Tenorio, JoAnn M. (1969). "Genus Eurynogaster" (PDF). In Zimmermann, Elwood C. (ed.). Diptera: Dolichopodidae. Appendix (Phoridae). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 11, Supplement. pp. 40–63.
  4. Parent, L.O. (1939). "Dolichopodides des Iles Hawaii recuellis par Monsieur FX. Wiliams, principalement au cours de l'annee" (PDF). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 10 (2): 225–249. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  5. Parent, O. (1938). "Quelques dipteres dolichopodides des Iles Hawaii" (PDF). Konowia. 16: 209–219. Retrieved 5 October 2015.