Metachela

Metachela
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Empididae
Subfamily:	Hemerodromiinae
Genus:	Metachela ; Coquillett, 1903
Type species
	Hemerodromia collusor ; Melander, 1902

Last updated January 19, 2021

Metachela is a genus of flies in the family Empididae.

Species

M. convexa MacDonald, 1989^[3]
M. albipes (Walker, 1849)
M. collusor (Melander, 1902)^[2]
M. nigriventris (Loew, 1864)

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References

↑ Coquillett, Daniel William (1903). "The genera of the dipterous family Empididae, with notes and new species". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 5: 245–272. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
1 2 Melander, Axel Leonard (1902). "A monograph of the North American Empididae. Part I". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 28: 195–367. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
↑ MacDonald, John F. (1989). "Review of Nearctic Metachela Coquillett, with description of a new species (Diptera: Empididae; Hemerodromiinae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 91: 513–522. Retrieved 21 May 2019.

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[Coquillett1903-1] Coquillett, Daniel William (1903). "The genera of the dipterous family Empididae, with notes and new species". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 5: 245–272. Retrieved 30 March 2019.

[Melander1902-2] 1 2 Melander, Axel Leonard (1902). "A monograph of the North American Empididae. Part I". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 28: 195–367. Retrieved 14 April 2019.

[MacDonald1989-3] MacDonald, John F. (1989). "Review of Nearctic Metachela Coquillett, with description of a new species (Diptera: Empididae; Hemerodromiinae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 91: 513–522. Retrieved 21 May 2019.

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