Biology:Tetrachaetus

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Short description: Genus of flies

Tetrachaetus
Tetrachaetus bipunctatus.jpg
Tetrachaetus bipunctatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Sympycninae
Genus: Tetrachaetus
Bickel & Dyte, 1989[1]
Type species
Tetrachaetus bipunctatus
Parent, 1933[2]
Synonyms

Tetrachaetus Parent, 1933
(unavailable)
[2]

Tetrachaetus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, found in New Zealand. The genus was originally named by Octave Parent in 1933. However, as the genus was not designated a type species, this name was unavailable until 1989, when Daniel J. Bickel and C. E. Dyte designated Tetrachaetus bipunctatus as the type species.[1]

Species

  • Tetrachaetus bipunctatus Parent, 1933[2]
  • Tetrachaetus simplex Parent, 1933[2]

References

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Bickel, D. J.; Dyte, C. E. (1989). "Family Dolichopodidae". Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions: 393–418. http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/aocat/pdf/44doli.pdf. Retrieved 15 December 2015. 
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Parent, O. (1933). "Étude monographique sur les Diptères Dolichopodides de Nouvelle Zélande". Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles. Série B. Sciences Physiques et Naturelles 53: 325–441. 

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