Falbouria is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[4] It contains only one species, Falbouria acorensis, which is endemic to the Azores. The genus was originally named Balfouria by Octave Parent in 1933; it was renamed to Falbouria by C. E. Dyte in 1980, after the name Balfouria was found to be preoccupied by the snail genus Balfouria Crosse, 1884.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Diaphorinae |
| Tribe: | Diaphorini |
| Genus: | Falbouria Dyte, 1980[3] |
| Species: | F. acorensis
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| Falbouria acorensis | |
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Systematic position edit
The genus Falbouria was placed in the tribe Argyrini by Maslova and Negrobov (1996). Later, on re-describing the type species of the genus, Capellari and Amorim (2012) found the genus shares some features with Achradocera, Chrysotus, and Lyroneurus, so they place it in Diaphorini instead. Falbouria is placed close to Chrysotus by these authors, but is kept as a separate genus rather than becoming a synonym of Chrysotus (which is itself paraphyletic).[5]
Distribution edit
Falbouria acorensis is an endemic species to the Azores. It is known to be present on São Miguel Island. It was historically also recorded from Flores, Faial, Pico and São Jorge islands, though no recent information on the species exists for these islands.[5][1]
References edit
- ^ a b Nunes, R.; Borges, P.A.V. (2021). "Falbouria acorensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T124914147A124930671. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T124914147A124930671.en. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ Parent, O. (1933). "Quelques espèces nouvelles de Diptères Dolichopodides de la région paléarctique". Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles. 53: 74–78.
- ^ a b Dyte, C. E. (1980). "Some replacement names in the Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Ent. Scand. 11 (2): 223–224. doi:10.1163/187631280X00545.
- ^ Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN 9787811171020.
- ^ a b Capellari, R.S.; Amorim, D.S. (2012). "Systematic position of the monotypic Azorean genus Falbouria Dyte with notes on the definition of Chrysotus Meigen (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Zootaxa. 3489: 81–88. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3489.1.5.
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