Biology:Ethiromyia

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Short description: Genus of flies

Ethiromyia
Ethiromyia violacea 41952961.jpg
Ethiromyia violacea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Dolichopodinae
Genus: Ethiromyia
Brooks in Brooks & Wheeler, 2005[1]
Type species
Hercostomus purpuratus
Van Duzee, 1925[1]

Ethiromyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is distributed in the Holarctic realm. It was established for a group of three species formerly included in Gymnopternus or Hercostomus.[1]

Species

  • Ethiromyia chalybea (Wiedemann, 1817)[1][2]Europe
  • Ethiromyia purpurata (Van Duzee, 1925)[1] – Eastern Nearctic
  • Ethiromyia violacea (Van Duzee, 1921)[1] – Eastern Nearctic

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Brooks, S.E.; Wheeler, T.A. (2005). "Ethiromyia, a new genus of Holarctic Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 107 (3): 489–500. http://bionames.org/references/cd2ba20d97d74ede5d09d6d95b4016bb. Retrieved 4 March 2015. 
  2. Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 12. Royal Entomological Society. pp. 1–234. http://www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/documents/BRITISH_ISLES_CHECKLIST.pdf. Retrieved 4 March 2015. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5403706 entry