Pharcoura

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Pharcoura
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Medeterinae
Genus: Pharcoura
Bickel, 2007 [1]
Type species
Pharcoura newthayorum
Bickel, 2007 [1]

Pharcoura is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from Chile. It is the first genus in the subfamily Medeterinae to be described from Nothofagus forests. [1]

The generic name is a combination of the Greek words pharkis (wrinkle) and oura (tail). [1]

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bickel, D. (2007). "Pharcoura (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new genus from Chile" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 150: 5–12.