Pindaia

Pindaia is a genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae from the Australasian realm.[1][2] The genus is named after the New Caledonian place name "Pindai".[3]

Pindaia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Medeterinae
Genus: Pindaia
Bickel, 2014[1]
Type species
Pindaia dispersia
Bickel, 2014[1]

Species
  • Pindaia bellangrensis Bickel, 2014[1]
  • Pindaia dispersia Bickel, 2014[1]
  • Pindaia enoggera Bickel, 2014[1]

References
  1. Bickel, D. (2014). "Pindaia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) a new genus from New Caledonia and Australia". In Guilbert, É.; Grandcolas, P.; Jourdan, H.; Robillard, T. (eds.). Zoologia Neocaledonica 8. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. 206. pp. 209–218. eISSN 1768-305X. ISSN 1243-4442.
  2. Evenhius, N.L. (17 April 2016). "44. Family DOLICHOPODIDAE". In Evenhius, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. Bickel, D. (24 March 2015). "Rare and poorly-known, meet a new genus of long-legged flies". Australian Museum. Retrieved 17 April 2018.


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