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Megagrapha

Megagrapha is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.

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Megagrapha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Hybotidae
Subfamily: Tachydromiinae
Tribe: Drapetini
Genus: Megagrapha
Melander, 19281
Type species
Drapetis pubescens
Loew, 18622

Megagrapha is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.3

Species

  • Megagrapha europaea Papp & Földvári, 20024
  • Megagrapha exquisita (Malloch, 1923)5
  • Megagrapha platytarsis Chillcott, 19836
  • Megagrapha pubescens (Loew, 1862)2
  • Megagrapha starki Barták & Grootaert, 20217
References

References

  1. Melander, Axel Leonard (1928). Diptera. Fam. Empididae. In Wytsman, P., ed. Bruxelles: Genera insectorum. pp. 1–434.
  2. Loew, Hermann (1862). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria secunda". Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift. 6: 184–232. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. Sinclair, Bradley J.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2006). "Morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1180. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 1–172. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1180.1.1. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  4. Papp, L.; Földvári, Mihály (2002). "A new genus and three new species of Hybotidae with new records of the Hungarian Empidoidea (Diptera)". Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 47[2001] (4): 349–361. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  5. Malloch, J.R. (1923). "A new empid from the eastern United States (Dipt.)". Entomological News, and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 34: 5. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  6. Chillcott, J.G.; Teskey, H.J. (1983). "A revision of the New World genera allied to Megagrapha Melander (Diptera: Empididae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 115 (10): 1291–1328. doi:10.4039/Ent1151291-10. S2CID 86638751.
  7. Kanavalová, L.; Grootaert, P.; Kubík, Š.; Barták, M. (2021). "Four new West Palaearctic species and new distributional records of Hybotidae (Diptera)". ZooKeys (1019): 141–162. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1019.61496. PMC 7921071. PMID 33679172. Retrieved 15 April 2023.