Udzungwomyia
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Subfamily: | Medeterinae |
Tribe: | Udzungwomyiini |
Genus: | Udzungwomyia Grichanov, 2018[1] |
Type species | |
Udzungwomyia morogoro Grichanov, 2018
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Udzungwomyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, containing six species from Africa. The generic name comes from the Udzungwa Mountains National Park, where the type species (Udzungwomyia morogoro) was collected.[1] It is placed in the subfamily Medeterinae, tribe Udzungwomyiini.[2]
Species
Six species are included in the genus:[3]
- Udzungwomyia brevitarsa Grichanov, 2024 – South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal
- Udzungwomyia lundeans Grichanov, 2024 – South Africa: Eastern Cape
- Udzungwomyia maseru Grichanov, 2024 – Lesotho
- Udzungwomyia morogoro Grichanov, 2018[1] – Tanzania
- Udzungwomyia simoni Grichanov, 2019[2] – South Africa: Limpopo
- Udzungwomyia spinitarsa Grichanov, 2024 – South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal
References
- ^ a b c Grichanov, I. Ya. (2018). "A new genus and species of subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Tanzania" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 350 (350): 9–16. doi:10.25221/fee.350.2.
- ^ a b Grichanov, I.Ya. (2019). "Discovery of Udzungwomyia Grichanov in South Africa and definition of a new tribe, Udzungwomyiini (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Israel Journal of Entomology. 49 (2): 267–275.
- ^ Grichanov, I.Ya. (2024). "Four new species of the genus Udzungwomyia Grichanov, 2018 from Lesotho and South Africa (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Russian Entomological Journal. 33 (1): 116–123. doi:10.15298/rusentj.33.1.12.