Melanderia

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Melanderia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Hydrophorinae
Tribe: Hydrophorini
Genus: Melanderia
Aldrich, 1922 [1]
Type species
Melanderia mandibulata
Aldrich, 1922 [1]

Melanderia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. [2] It is distributed along the West Coast of the United States, and members of the genus live in the intertidal zone. [3]

Species

The genus is divided into two subgenera, Melanderia and Wirthia: [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Aldrich, J.M. (1922). "A New Genus of Two-winged Fly with Mandible-like Labella" (PDF). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 24: 145–148. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN   9787811171020.
  3. ↑ Pollet, Marc A. A.; Brooks, Scott Edward; Cumming, Jeffrey Malcolm (2004). "Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History. 283: 1–114. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2004)283<0001:cotddo>2.0.co;2. hdl:2246/451.
  4. 1 2 3 Arnaud, P. H. Jr. (1958). "A synopsis of the genus Melanderia Aldrich (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 60: 179–186. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  5. ↑ Harmston, F.C. (1972). "New Dolichopodidae From California And Oregon (Diptera)". Entomological News. 83: 153–158. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Van Duzee, Millard C. (1917). "New North American species of Dolichopodidae (Dip.)". Entomological News. 28: 123–128. Retrieved 10 July 2016.


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