Physopyga

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Physopyga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Rhaphiinae
Genus: Physopyga
Grootaert & Meuffels, 1990[1]
Species:
P. miranda
Binomial name
Physopyga miranda
Grootaert & Meuffels, 1990[1]

Physopyga is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae found in mangroves in Papua New Guinea.[1][2][3] It contains a single species, Physopyga miranda.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Grootaert, Patrick; Meuffels, H. J. G. (1990). "Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea. IX, Mischopyga gen. nov. and Physopyga gen. nov., two new genera from the mangrove in Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Indo-Malayan Zoology. 6 (2): 195–206. ISSN 0168-6259. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  2. ^ Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN 9787811171020.
  3. ^ Grootaert, P.; Taylor, C.; Guénard, B. (2019). "Three new species of Rhaphium Meigen, 1803 from mangroves in Hong Kong (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Rhaphiinae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (540): 1–21. doi:10.5852/ejt.2019.540.