Phoomyia
Phoomyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. The genus is found in Sri Lanka and Thailand, and is closely related to Argyrochlamys and Pseudargyrochlamys. The generic name is a combination of Phoo, the Thai word for crab, and myia, the Greek word for fly.[1]
| Phoomyia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichopodinae |
| Genus: | Phoomyia Naglis & Grootaert, 2013[1] |
| Type species | |
| Phoomyia srilankensis Naglis & Grootaert, 2013[1] | |
Species
References
- Naglis, S.; Grootaert, P.; Brooks, S. E. (2013). "Phoomyia, a new genus of Dolichopodinae from the Oriental Region (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3666 (1): 93–99. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3666.1.9. PMID 26217840. (Erratum: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3691.1.10)
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