Babindella
Appearance
Babindella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Subfamily: | Babindellinae Bickel, 1987[1] |
Genus: | Babindella Bickel, 1987 |
Type species | |
Babindella physoura Bickel, 1987
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Babindella is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from Australia.[2] It is the only genus in the subfamily Babindellinae, and is named after Babinda, the type locality.[1] According to Grichanov (2018), there may be no basis for a separate subfamily for Babindella, which is considered to be related to several genera of Medeterinae such as Udzungwomyia.[3]
Species
[edit]The genus contains two species:[1]
- Babindella physoura Bickel, 1987
- Babindella whianensis Bickel, 1987
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Bickel, D. J. (1987). "Babindellinae, a new subfamily of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Australia, with a discussion of symmetry in the dipteran male postabdomen". Entomologica Scandinavica. 18 (1): 97–103. doi:10.1163/187631287X00061. ISSN 1399-560X.
- ^ Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2017). "Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). 2nd ed" (PDF). Plant Protection News, Supplements (23). St.Petersburg: All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR). doi:10.5281/zenodo.884863.
- ^ Grichanov, I. Ya. (2018). "A new genus and species of subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Tanzania". Far Eastern Entomologist. 350 (350): 9–16. doi:10.25221/fee.350.2.