Teneriffa spicata is a species of fly in the family Dolichopodidae, and the only member of the genus Teneriffa.[2] It was first described from Tenerife in the Canary Islands, and was later reported from Madeira.[3]

Teneriffa spicata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Hydrophorinae
Tribe: Aphrosylini
Genus: Teneriffa
Becker, 1908[1]
Species:
T. spicata
Binomial name
Teneriffa spicata
Becker, 1908[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Becker, T. (1908). "Dipteren der Kanarischen Inseln". Mitteilungen aus dem zoologischen Museum in Berlin (in German). 4. Berlin: 1–180. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Dahl, C. (1960). "Dolichopodidae (Diptera, Brachycera) from the Azores and Madeira" (PDF). Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal. 13 (39): 108–117.