Biology:Microchrysotus

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Short description: Genus of Dolichopodid flies from Mexico

Microchrysotus
Scientific classification e
Missing taxonomy template (fix): Medeterinae/?
Genus: Microchrysotus
Robinson, 1964[1]
Type species
Microchrysotus mirabilis

Microchrysotus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from Mexico.[1] The genus belongs to the "micro-dolichopodids", an informal group of genera from the New World which have a body length of 1 mm or less. The genus was originally assigned to the subfamily Medeterinae, but more recently its placement in the subfamily is considered uncertain.[2]

Species

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Robinson, H. E. (1964). "Two new genera of Dolichopodidae from Mexico (Diptera)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 66: 242–252. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16197630. 
  2. Runyon, Justin B; Robinson, Harold (2010). "Hurleyella, a new genus of Nearctic Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Zootaxa 2400: 57–65. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2400.1.6. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02400p065.pdf. Retrieved 23 August 2016. 

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