Krakatauia

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Krakatauia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Sciapodinae
Tribe: Chrysosomatini
Genus: Krakatauia
Enderlein, 1912 [1]
Type species
Psilopus rectus
Wiedemann, 1830

Krakatauia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. [2]

Species

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References

  1. Enderlein, G. (1912). "Zur Kenntnis außereuropäischer Dolichopodiden. I. Tribus Psilopodini". Zoologische Jahrbücher: Supplementheft. 15 (1): 367–408. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  2. Evenhius, N. L. (17 April 2016). "Family Dolichopodidae". In Evenhius, N. L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Bickel, D. J. (2008). "Krakatauia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Sciapodinae) from the southwest Pacific, with a focus on the radiation in Fiji" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 97: 21–64.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Bickel, D. J. (1994). "The Australian Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a review of the Oriental and Australasian faunas, and a world conspectus of the subfamily" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement. 21: 1–394. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.21.1994.50 . Retrieved 10 September 2015.