Biology:Desmomyia

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Desmomyia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae
Subfamily: Rhagioninae
Genus: Desmomyia
Brunetti, 1912[1]
Type species
Desmomyia thereviformis
Brunetti, 1912[1]


Desmomyia is a genus of snipe flies of the family Rhagionidae. They have the antennal scape elongated, longer than the pedicel, and the male hind first tarsomere enlarged. Desmomyia are mid-sized flies of about 5 to 7 mm and of grey, black, or brownish colour and the legs have some yellow or dark brown to black.[2]

Species

  • D. sinensis Yang & Yang, 1997[3] - China
  • D. thereviformis Brunetti, 1912[1] - India

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Brunetti, E. (1912). "New Oriental Diptera. I". Records of the Indian Museum 7: 445-513, pl. 37. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11141868#page/667/mode/1up. Retrieved 14 November 2022. 
  2. Kerr, Peter H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)". Zootaxa 2592 (1): 1-133. 
  3. Yang, D.; Yang, C.K.; Nagatomi, A. (1997). "The Rhagionidae of China (Diptera)". South Pacific Study 17 (2): 113-262. 

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