Major (fly)

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Major
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Major
Evenhuis, 2005 [1]
Species:
M. minor
Binomial name
Major minor
(Parent, 1938) [2]
Synonyms

Major is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, endemic to Hawaii. It contains only one species, Major minor. It is part of the Eurynogaster complex of genera. [4] The generic name is derived from the Latin major ("large"), referring to the extremely large tarsal claws of M. minor. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 Parent, O. (1938). "Quelques dipteres dolichopodides des Iles Hawaii" (PDF). Konowia. 16: 209–219. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  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.
  4. 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.