Laurenceomyia
Laurenceomyia[1] is a genus of moth flies in the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. Species have been recorded principally from south America, with many, including the type, transferred from the genus Nemopalpus.
| Laurenceomyia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Psychodoidea |
| Family: | Psychodidae |
| Subfamily: | Bruchomyiinae |
| Genus: | Laurenceomyia Wagner & Stuckenberg, 2016 |
| Synonyms | |
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Nemopalpus (several species) | |
Description
The genus Laurenceomyia was dedicated to Lawrence W. Quate for his studies on Psychodidae. "According to cladistics analysis, the diagnostic characters of this genus are: aedeagus about as long as ejaculatory apodeme and gonocoxites with [a mid] projection near apex; gonostyli elongate, straight along most of their length, subapically strongly bent with blunt apex."[2]
Species
Unless referenced otherwise, Systema Dipterorum includes:[3]
- Laurenceomyia capixaba (Santos, 2009)
- Laurenceomyia dampfianus (Alexander, 1940) – type species (as Nemopalpus dampfianus Alexander)
- Laurenceomyia pallipes (Shannon & Del Ponte, 1927)
- Laurenceomyia peixotoi Santos, Brazil & Pinto[2]
- Laurenceomyia pilipes (Tonnoir, 1922)
- Laurenceomyia similis (Wagner & Stuckenberg, 2012)
References
- Wagner R, Stuckenberg BR (2016) Cladistic analysis of Subfamily Bruchomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae). Zootaxa 4092(2): 151–174. [2016.03.16]
- dos Santos CB, Brazil RP, de Souza Pinto I (2021) New species of Boreofairchildia Wagner & Stuckenberg and Laurenceomyia Wagner & Stuckenberg (Diptera: Psychodidae: Bruchomyiinae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 4974 (2): 391–395.
- Systema Dipterorum search
External Links
Data related to Bruchomyiinae at Wikispecies- Catalogue of Life listing (retrieved 3 July 2021)
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