Muscidideicus

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Muscidideicus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Dolichopodinae
Genus: Muscidideicus
Becker, 1917 [1]
Species:
M. praetextatus
Binomial name
Muscidideicus praetextatus
(Haliday, 1855) [2]
Synonyms
  • Dolichopus praetextatus Haliday, 1855
  • Gymnopternus praetextatus(Haliday, 1855)
  • Hercostomus marginatusLichtwardt, 1896
  • Hercostomus praetextatus(Haliday, 1855)
  • Muscidideicus marginatus(Lichtwardt, 1896)
  • Tachytrechus praetextatus(Haliday, 1855)

Muscidideicus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. [3] It contains a single species, Muscidideicus praetextatus, which is found only in the Western Palaearctic. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Becker, T. (1917). "Dipterologische Studien. [Dolichopodidae.]". Erster Teil. Nova Acta Acad. Caesar.Leop. Carol. 102: 113–361.
  2. ↑ Haliday, A. H. (1855). "Descriptions of insects figured, and references to plates illustrating the notes on Kerry insects". Natural History Review. 2: 59–64. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Brooks, Scott E. (2005). "Systematics and phylogeny of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa . 857: 1–158. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.857.1.1.
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