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Pieza

Pieza is a genus of flies in the family Mythicomyiidae. Its species are found in North America, South America, and the West Indies. The genus was named by Neal Evenhuis in 2002. Evenhuis included the following eleven species, transferring four from Mythicomyia, in his initial circumscription:P. agnastis (Hall, 1976) — Chile P. angusta (Melander, 1961) — United States and Mexico P. deresistans Evenhuis, 2002 — northern Venezuela †P. dominicana Evenhuis, 2002 — Dominican amber, Miocene P. flavitibia Evenhuis, 2002 — northern Venezuela P. kake Evenhuis, 2002 — Brazil P. minuta (Greene, 1924) — United States and Mexico P. ostenta (Melander, 1961) — United States and Mexico P. pi Evenhuis, 2002 — Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Mexico (Morelos) P. rhea Evenhuis, 2002 — United States (Florida) P. sinclairi Evenhuis, 2002 — Curaçao, Dominican Republic; introduced to Galápagos Islands

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Pieza
Pieza rhea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Mythicomyiidae
Subfamily: Mythicomyiinae
Genus: Pieza
Evenhuis, 2002
Type species
Mythicomyia angusta
Melander, 1961

Pieza is a genus of flies in the family Mythicomyiidae. Its species are found in North America, South America, and the West Indies. The genus was named by Neal Evenhuis in 2002. Evenhuis included the following eleven species, transferring four from Mythicomyia, in his initial circumscription:

  • P. agnastis (Hall, 1976) — Chile (Maule, Santiago)1
  • P. angusta (Melander, 1961) — United States (California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) and Mexico (Baja California, Jalisco, Sonora, Tamaulipas)23
  • P. deresistans Evenhuis, 2002 — northern Venezuela4
  • †P. dominicana Evenhuis, 2002 — Dominican amber, Miocene5
  • P. flavitibia Evenhuis, 2002 — northern Venezuela6
  • P. kake Evenhuis, 2002 — Brazil (Minas Gerais)7
  • P. minuta (Greene, 1924) — United States (Arizona, California, New Mexico) and Mexico (Baja California Sur, Sonora)89
  • P. ostenta (Melander, 1961) — United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Texas, Utah) and Mexico (Baja California Sur, Sonora)1011
  • P. pi Evenhuis, 2002 — Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Mexico (Morelos)12
  • P. rhea Evenhuis, 2002 — United States (Florida)13
  • P. sinclairi Evenhuis, 2002 — Curaçao, Dominican Republic; introduced to Galápagos Islands14

As of 2018, Pieza still consists of these eleven species.15

References

References

  1. Evenhuis (2002), pp. 5–6.
  2. Evenhuis (2002), pp. 6–9.
  3. Melander (1961), pp. 180–181.
  4. Evenhuis (2002), pp. 9–10.
  5. Evenhuis (2002), pp. 10–12.
  6. Evenhuis (2002), pp. 12–13.
  7. Evenhuis (2002), pp. 13–14.
  8. Evenhuis (2002), pp. 14–17.
  9. Greene (1924), p. 62.
  10. Evenhuis (2002), pp. 17–19.
  11. Melander (1961), p. 236.
  12. Evenhuis (2002), pp. 19–21.
  13. Evenhuis (2002), pp. 21–22.
  14. Evenhuis (2002), pp. 22–25.
  15. Pape, Thomas; Thompson, F. Christian (13 June 2013). "Systema Dipterorum". 1.5. Natural History Museum of Denmark. Retrieved 28 September 2018.

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