Eurynogaster

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Eurynogaster
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Eurynogaster
Van Duzee, 1933
Type species
Eurynogaster clavaticauda
Van Duzee, 1933

Eurynogaster is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, endemic to Hawaii. It is part of the Eurynogaster complex of genera, which also includes the genera Adachia , Arciellia , Elmoia , Major , Sigmatineurum , Sweziella and Uropachys . [1] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Evenhuis, Neal L. (2005). "A review of the genera comprising species of the genus Eurynogaster sensu Hardy & Kohn, 1964 in Hawai'i (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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. 1 2 3 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. ↑ Evenhuis, Neal L. (2019). "Everyone loves a cercus: the endemic Hawaiian genus Uropachys Parent (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with descriptions of new species" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers . 129: 3–20.


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