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Cacatuopyga

Cacatuopyga is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae. They have a distribution in the Indomalayan Realm.

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Cacatuopyga
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Mydidae
Subfamily: Cacatuopyginae
Genus: Cacatuopyga
Papavero & Wilcox, 19741

Cacatuopyga is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae.34 They have a distribution in the Indomalayan Realm.

Species

  • Cacatuopyga auriculosa (Séguy, 1934)5 - Vietnam
  • Cacatuopyga basifascia Walker, 18596 - Sulawesi
  • Cacatuopyga carmichaeli (Brunetti, 1913)7 - Northeast India
  • Cacatuopyga fruhstorferi (Wulp, 1896)2 - Java
  • Cacatuopyga ruficornis (Wiedemann, 1824)8 - Peninsular India
References

References

  1. Papavero, N.; Wilcox, J. (1974). "Studies of Mydidae (Diptera) systematics and evolution. I. A preliminary classification in subfamilies, with the descriptions of two new genera from the Oriental and Australian regions. II. Classification of the Mydinae, with description of a new genus and a revision of Ceriomydas Williston". Arquivos de Zoologia. 25 (1): 1–60.
  2. Wulp, F.M. van der (1898). "Aanteekeningen betreffende Oost-Indische Diptera". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 41: 115–157. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  3. Wilcox, J.; Papavero, N.; Pimentel, T. (1989). Studies of Mydidae (Diptera). IVb. Mydas and allies in the Americas (Mydinae, Mydini). Belém: Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi. pp. 139 pp.
  4. Artigas, Jorge N.; Papavero, Nelson (1990). "Studies on Mydidae Diptera v. Phylogenetic and biogeographic notes key to the American genera and illustrations of spermathecae". Gayana Zoología. 54: 87–116. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  5. Séguy, E. (1934). "Diptères de Chine de la collection de M. J. Herve-Bazin". Encyclopédie Entomologique, Série B, II, Diptera. 7: 1–28.
  6. Walker, F. (1859–1860). "Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Makessar in Celebes, by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species". Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 4: 90–96, 97–144, 145–172. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  7. Brunetti, Enrico Adelelmo (1913). "New and interesting Diptera from the eastern Himalayas". Records of the Indian Museum. 9: 255–277. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  8. Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1824). Munus rectoris in Academia Christiana Albertina aditurus Analecta entomologica ex Museo Regio Havniens: maxime congesta profert iconibusque illustrat. Kiliae, eregio typoguapheo scholarum. pp. 1–60. Retrieved 11 May 2020.