Nanomyina

Nanomyina is a genus of long-legged flies in the family Dolichopodidae. There is only one described species in Nanomyina, Nanomyina barbata.[3][4][2][5]

Nanomyina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Peloropeodinae
Genus:	Nanomyina Robinson, 1964[1]
Species:	N. barbata
Binomial name
Nanomyina barbata (Aldrich, 1902)[2]
Synonyms
Chrysotimus barbata Aldrich, 1902 Nanomyina litorea Robinson, 1964

Nanomyina barbata is found on the east coast of North and Central America. The name "barbata", meaning "bearded", refers to the bristles across the lower face of the fly.[4][3]

John Merton Aldrich first described this species as Chrysotimus barbata in 1902.[2] In 1964, Harold E. Robinson created the genus Nanomyina. This genus contained only Nanomyina litorea, described by Robinson in the same publication.[1] In 1970, Robinson determined Nanomyina litorea to be a synonym of Chrysotimus barbata, at the same time moving C. barbata to Nanomyina, leaving C. barbata as the only species in the genus.[3]

References

1. Robinson, H. E. (1964). "A synopsis of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the southeastern United States and adjacent regions". Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America. 4: 103–192.
2. Aldrich, J. M. (1902). "Dolichopodidae of Grenada, W. I." Kansas University Science Bulletin. 1 (3): 75–94, pl. 4.
3. Pollet, Marc A.A.; Brooks, Scott E.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2004). "Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America North of Mexico". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 283: 1–114. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2004)283<0001:COTDDO>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/451.
4. "Nanomyina Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
5. Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN 9787811171020.