Pharcoura

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Pharcoura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Bickel, D. (2007). "Pharcoura (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new genus from Chile" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 150: 5–12. doi:10.1163/22119434-900000207.