Ethiromyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is distributed in the Holarctic realm. It was established for a group of three species formerly included in Gymnopternus or Hercostomus.[1]

Ethiromyia
Ethiromyia violacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Dolichopodinae
Genus: Ethiromyia
Brooks in Brooks & Wheeler, 2005[1]
Type species
Hercostomus purpuratus
Van Duzee, 1925[1]

Species edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Brooks, S.E.; Wheeler, T.A. (2005). "Ethiromyia, a new genus of Holarctic Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 107 (3): 489–500. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  2. ^ Chandler, Peter J. (1998) [updated 1 December 2014]. Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera (PDF). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 12. Royal Entomological Society. pp. 1–234. Retrieved 4 March 2015.