Major (fly)

Major
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Hydrophorinae
Genus:	Major; Evenhuis, 2005
Species:	M. minor
Binomial name
	Major minor; (Parent, 1938)
Synonyms
	Eurynogaster minor (Parent, 1938); Paraliancalus minor Parent, 1938;

Major is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, endemic to Hawaii. It contains only one species, Major minor. It is part of the Eurynogaster complex of genera.^[4] The generic name is derived from the Latin major ("large"), referring to the extremely large tarsal claws of M. major.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Parent, O. (1938). "Quelques dipteres dolichopodides des Iles Hawaii" (PDF). Konowia. 16: 209–219. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b Evenhuis, Neal L. (2005). "A review of the genera comprising species of the genus Eurynogaster sensu Hardy & Kohn, 1964 in Hawai'i (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1017 (1): 39–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1017.1.5. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
^ Parent, L.O. (1939). "Dolichopodides des Iles Hawaii recuellis par Monsieur FX. Wiliams, principalement au cours de l'annee" (PDF). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 10 (2): 225–249. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
^ Goodman, Kari Roesch; Evenhuis, Neal; Bartošová-Sojková, Pavla; O'Grady, Patrick Michael (2016). "Multiple, independent colonizations of the Hawaiian Archipelago by the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". PeerJ. 4: e2704. doi:10.7717/peerj.2704. PMC 5119231. PMID 27896033.

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

[Evenhuis2005b-2] Evenhuis, Neal L. (2005). "A review of the genera comprising species of the genus Eurynogaster sensu Hardy & Kohn, 1964 in Hawai'i (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1017 (1): 39–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1017.1.5. Retrieved 4 March 2017.

[Parent1939b-3] Parent, L.O. (1939). "Dolichopodides des Iles Hawaii recuellis par Monsieur FX. Wiliams, principalement au cours de l'annee" (PDF). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 10 (2): 225–249. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

[4] Goodman, Kari Roesch; Evenhuis, Neal; Bartošová-Sojková, Pavla; O'Grady, Patrick Michael (2016). "Multiple, independent colonizations of the Hawaiian Archipelago by the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". PeerJ. 4: e2704. doi:10.7717/peerj.2704. PMC 5119231. PMID 27896033.

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Taxon identifiers
Major	Wikidata: Q18108359 Wikispecies: Major (Dolichopodidae) EoL: 84275 GBIF: 1604115 IRMNG: 1474799 NCBI: 1925465
Major minor	Wikidata: Q14532496 EoL: 803780 GBIF: 1604116 iNaturalist: 1183085 NCBI: 1925466