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Phyllodromia

Phyllodromia is a genus of dance flies. There are about 10 described species in Phyllodromia.

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Phyllodromia
Phyllodromia melanocephala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Empididae
Subfamily: Hemerodromiinae
Tribe: Chelipodini
Genus: Phyllodromia
Zetterstedt, 18371
Type species
Empis melanocephala
Fabricius, 1794

Phyllodromia is a genus of dance flies (insects in the family Empididae). There are about 10 described species in Phyllodromia.

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Phyllodromia:

References

References

  1. Zetterstedt, J. W. (1837). "Conspectus familiarum, generum et specierum dipterorum, in fauna insectorum Lapponica descriptorum". Isis (Oken's). 21: 28–67.
  2. Melander, Axel Leonard (1947). "Synopsis of the Hemerodromiinae (Diptera, Empididae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 55 (4): 237–273. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  3. Plant, A. R. (2005). "The Hemerodromiinae (Diptera, Empididae) of New Zealand. I. Phyllodromia Zetterstedt". Studia dipterologica. 12: 119–138.
  4. Bezzi, Mario. "Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Rhagionidae et Empididae". Supplta Ent. 3: 65–78.
  5. Collin, James Edward (1928). , . New Zealand Empididae based on material in the British Museum (Natural History). London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. viii + 110 pp.
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