Erebomyia

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Erebomyia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Sympycninae
Genus: Erebomyia
Runyon & Hurley, 2004[1]
Type species

Runyon & Hurley, 2004[1]

Erebomyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from the United States. Three species are known from Arizona, and one from California. The genus was first created in 2004 for , a species whose males have uniquely asymmetrical wings – the left wing is larger and has a different shape compared to the right wing. The males of the remaining three species have modified but symmetrical wings.[2]

Species[]

  • Hurley & Runyon, 2009[3]
  • Runyon & Hurley, 2004[1]
  • (Van Duzee, 1930)[4] (Synonym: E. akidoptera Hurley & Runyon, 2009[3])[2]
  • Hurley & Runyon, 2009[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Runyon, J. B.; Hurley, R. L. (2004). "A new genus of long-legged flies displaying remarkable wing directional asymmetry". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B. 271 (Supplement 3): S114–S116. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2003.0118. JSTOR 4142574. PMC 1809986.
  2. ^ a b Runyon, J. B. (2010). "A new synonymy in Erebomyia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 86 (4): 139–140. doi:10.3956/2010-28.1.
  3. ^ a b c Hurley, R. L.; Runyon, J. B. (2009). "A review of Erebomyia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with descriptions of three new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2054: 38–48.
  4. ^ Van Duzee, M.C. (1930). "The Dipterous genus Sympycnus Loew in North America and the West Indies". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 7: 35–47, 49–63.


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