Melanderia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[2] It is distributed along the West Coast of the United States, and members of the genus live in the intertidal zone.[3]
| Melanderia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrophorinae |
| Tribe: | Hydrophorini |
| Genus: | Melanderia Aldrich, 1922[1] |
| Type species | |
| Melanderia mandibulata | |
Species edit
The genus is divided into two subgenera, Melanderia and Wirthia:[4]
- Subgenus Melanderia Aldrich, 1922:
- Melanderia crepuscula Arnaud, 1958[4] – California (Pacific Grove)
- Melanderia mandibulata Aldrich, 1922[1] – Washington, Oregon, California
- Subgenus Wirthia Arnaud, 1958:[4]
- Melanderia californica Harmston, 1972[5] – California (San Diego)
- Melanderia curvipes (Van Duzee, 1918)[6] – California (San Diego)
References edit
- ^ a b c Aldrich, J.M. (1922). "A New Genus of Two-winged Fly with Mandible-like Labella" (PDF). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 24: 145–148. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Pollet, Marc A. A.; Brooks, Scott Edward; Cumming, Jeffrey Malcolm (2004). "Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 283. American Museum of Natural History: 1–114. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2004)283<0001:cotddo>2.0.co;2. hdl:2246/451.
- ^ a b c Arnaud, P. H. Jr. (1958). "A synopsis of the genus Melanderia Aldrich (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 60: 179–186. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ Harmston, F.C. (1972). "New Dolichopodidae From California And Oregon (Diptera)". Entomological News. 83: 153–158. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
- ^ Van Duzee, Millard C. (1917). "New North American species of Dolichopodidae (Dip.)". Entomological News. 28: 123–128. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
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