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Richardia (fly)

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Richardia
Richardia advena
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Richardiidae
Genus: Richardia
Robineau-Desvoid, 1830

Richardia is a genus of flies in the family Richardiidae.[1] It was first described by French entomologist Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoid in 1830. It occurs from Mexico to Central and South America.[2]

Description

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The genus includes species with strongly enlarged heads (hypercephalism) and "eyestalks" (eyes inserted in the lateral projection of the head) such as the males R. telescopica and R. stylops.[3] Stalk-eyed flies in family Diopsidae have their antennae located on the stalk, rather than in the middle of the head as in Richardiidae.

Taxonomy

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The Richardia genus comprises the following species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Wendt, Lisiane D.; Ale-Rocha, Rosaly (April 2015). "Antlered richardiid flies: new species of Richardia (Tephritoidea: Richardiidae) with antler-like genal processes". Entomological Science. 18 (2): 153–166. doi:10.1111/ens.12122.
  2. ^ a b "Richardia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  3. ^ Hurley, Imogen Anne (2002). The developmental genetics of exaggerated eyespan in stalk-eyed flies (Doctoral thesis). UCL (University College London).