Piezura

Piezura
Piezura graminicola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Fanniidae
Genus:	Piezura Rondani, 1866
Synonyms
Platycoenosia Strobl Choristomma Stein

Piezura is a small genus of small flies of the family Fanniidae. Distribution is mostly restricted to the Holarctic biogeographic region. ^[1] Two species, P. pardalina and P. graminicola are found in Europe. ^[2] Unlike the other Fanniidae, Piezura have plumose arista.

Species

• P. graminicola (Zetterstedt, 1846)
• P. nearctica Chillcott, 1961
• P. nigrigenus Nishida, 1975 ^[3]
• P. pardalina Rondani, 1866
• P. pardalina shanxiensis Xue, 1999

References

1. Moores, A.; Savage, J. (2005). "A taxonomic revision of Piezura Rondani (Diptera: Fanniidae)". Zootaxa. 1096: 41–59. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1096.1.4.
2. Rozkosny, R.; Gregor, F.; Pont, A.C. (1997). The European Fanniidae (Diptera). Institute of Landscape Ecology. pp. 1–80.
3. Nishida, K. (1975). "Studies on the species of Fanniinae (Diptera: Muscidae) from Japan III: Description of Piezura nigrigenus sp. nov. and Fannia japonica amamiensis subsp. nov. and redescription of Platycoenosia mikii Strobl, 1894". Jap. J. Sanit. Zool. 26 (1): 21–24. doi: 10.7601/mez.26.21 .