Paraliancalus

Paraliancalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Hydrophorinae
Tribe:	Hydrophorini
Genus:	Paraliancalus ; Parent, 1938
Type species
	Liancalus metallicus ; Grimshaw, 1901

Last updated February 10, 2023

Paraliancalus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.^[3] It is found in Hawaii.

Species

Paraliancalus laciniafemur Evenhuis & Bickel, 2011^[4]
Paraliancalus metallicus (Grimshaw, 1901)^[2]

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References

↑ Parent, O. (1938). "Quelques dipteres dolichopodides des Iles Hawaii" (PDF). Konowia. 16: 209–219. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
1 2 Grimshaw, P. H. (1901). "Part I. Diptera" (PDF). Fauna Hawaiiensis. 3 (1): 1–77, pls. 1-3. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
↑ 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.
↑ Evenhuis, Neal L.; Bickel, Daniel J. (2011). "A new species of the endemic Hawaiian genus Paraliancalus Parent, with notes on the genus Liancalus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 109: 3–13.

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[Parent1938a-1] Parent, O. (1938). "Quelques dipteres dolichopodides des Iles Hawaii" (PDF). Konowia. 16: 209–219. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

[Grimshaw1901-2] 1 2 Grimshaw, P. H. (1901). "Part I. Diptera" (PDF). Fauna Hawaiiensis. 3 (1): 1–77, pls. 1-3. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

[Yang2007-3] 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] Evenhuis, Neal L.; Bickel, Daniel J. (2011). "A new species of the endemic Hawaiian genus Paraliancalus Parent, with notes on the genus Liancalus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 109: 3–13.

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