Biology:Pharcoura

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Short description: Genus of Dolichopodid flies from Chile

Pharcoura
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Medeterinae
Genus: Pharcoura
Bickel, 2007[1]
Type species
Pharcoura newthayorum
Bickel, 2007[1]

Pharcoura is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from Chile . It is the first genus in the subfamily Medeterinae to be described from Nothofagus forests.[1]

The generic name is a combination of the Greek words pharkis (wrinkle) and oura (tail).[1]

Species

  • Pharcoura biobio Bickel, 2007[1]
  • Pharcoura nahuelbuta Bickel, 2007[1]
  • Pharcoura newthayorum Bickel, 2007[1]

References

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