Micropygus | |
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Micropygus bipunctatus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Subfamily: | Sympycninae |
Genus: |
Micropygus Bickel & Dyte, 1989 [1] |
Type species | |
Micropygus bifenestratus | |
Synonyms | |
Micropygus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is native to New Zealand, though the species Micropygus vagans is also found in the British Isles as an introduced species. [3] The genus was originally named by Octave Parent in 1933. However, as the genus was not designated a type species, this name was unavailable until 1989, when Daniel J. Bickel and C. E. Dyte designated Micropygus bifenestratus as the type species. [1]
There are 16 species included in the genus: [1]
Micropygus | |
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Micropygus bipunctatus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Subfamily: | Sympycninae |
Genus: |
Micropygus Bickel & Dyte, 1989 [1] |
Type species | |
Micropygus bifenestratus | |
Synonyms | |
Micropygus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is native to New Zealand, though the species Micropygus vagans is also found in the British Isles as an introduced species. [3] The genus was originally named by Octave Parent in 1933. However, as the genus was not designated a type species, this name was unavailable until 1989, when Daniel J. Bickel and C. E. Dyte designated Micropygus bifenestratus as the type species. [1]
There are 16 species included in the genus: [1]