Maipomyia

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Maipomyia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Medeterinae
Tribe: Udzungwomyiini
Genus: Maipomyia
Bickel, 2004 [1]
Type species
Maipomyia insolita
Bickel, 2004 [1]

Maipomyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Chilean Central Valley. The genus is named after the Maipo River. [1] It is placed in the subfamily Medeterinae, tribe Udzungwomyiini. [2]

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Bickel, D. J. (2004). "Maipomyia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new genus from Chile". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . 106: 844–850. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  2. Grichanov, I.Ya. (2019). "Discovery of Udzungwomyia Grichanov in South Africa and definition of a new tribe, Udzungwomyiini (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Israel Journal of Entomology . 49 (2): 267–275.