Dactylomyia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Empidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Asilomorpha Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Dolichopodidae
Subfamilia: Neurigoninae
Tribus: Dactylomyiini
Genus: Dactylomyia
Species: D. bicolor – D. bipectinipes – D. corumba – D. coruscans – D. decora – D. ferrea – D. lateralis – D. magnicauda – D. mexicana – D. parenti – D. sevilhae – D. tefe – D. vockerothi

Name

Dactylomyia Aldrich, 1894: 151

Type species: Dactylomyia gracilipes Aldrich, 1894 [= Medetera lateralis Say, 1829], by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Coelinium Parent, 1939: 148 [syn.: Bickel, 1998: 50]
  • Type species: Coelinium bicolor Parent, 1939, by original designation.
• Macrodactylomyia Naglis, 2002: 496 [syn.: Quevedo, Capellari & Lamas, 2025]
  • Type species: Macrodactylomyia magnicauda Naglis, 2002, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Aldrich, J.M. 1894. New Genera and Species of Dolichopodidae. Kansas University Quarterly 2: 151–157. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.25909 . BHL.
• Bickel, D.J. 1998. The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Midway Atoll, with a new species of Dactylomyia Aldrich, and taxonomic notes on the subfamily Neurigoninae. In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Miller, S.E. (eds.) Records of the Hawaiian Biological Survey for 1997. Part 1: Articles. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 55: 45–55. PDF. Reference page. 
• Naglis, S. 2002. Revision of the Neotropical Neurigoninae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) II: Argentinia Parent, Dactylomyia Aldrich, Macrodactylomyia gen. nov., and Systenoides gen. nov., with the definition of a new tribe Dactylomyiini. Studia dipterologica 8(2): 475–504. PDF.
• Quevedo, L., Capellari, R.S. & Lamas, C.J.E. 2025. Morphological Phylogeny of Dactylomyia Aldrich, 1894 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Neurigoninae), with Proposal of a New Synonym and Description of Five New Species. Neotropical Entomology 54: 31. DOI: 10.1007/s13744-024-01218-6 . Reference page. 

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