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Protodictya

Protodictya is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.

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Protodictya
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Sciomyzidae
Subfamily: Sciomyzinae
Tribe: Tetanocerini
Genus: Protodictya
Malloch, 19331
Type species
Protodictya chilensis
Malloch, 19331

Protodictya is a genus of flies in the family Sciomyzidae, the marsh flies or snail-killing flies.2

Species

  • P. nubilipennis Wulp, 1897
  • P. apicalis Steyskal, 1950
  • P. bidentata Marinoni & Knutson, 1992
  • P. brasiliensis Schiner, 1868
  • P. chilensis Malloch, 19331
  • P. guttularis Wiedemann, 1830
  • P. iguassu Steyskal, 1950
  • P. lilloana Steyskal, 1953
References

References

  1. Malloch, John Russell (1933). "Acalyptrata; Heleomyzidae, Trypetidae, Sciomyzidae, Sapromyzidae". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. 6 (4): 177–389.
  2. Knutson, Lloyd Vernon; Vala, Jean-Claude (2011). Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–526. ISBN 978-0521867856.