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Genus of flies

Muscidideicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Dolichopodinae
Genus: Muscidideicus
Becker, 1917
Species: M. praetextatus
Binomial name
Muscidideicus praetextatus
(Haliday, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Dolichopus praetextatus Haliday, 1855
  • Gymnopternus praetextatus (Haliday, 1855)
  • Hercostomus marginatus Lichtwardt, 1896
  • Hercostomus praetextatus (Haliday, 1855)
  • Muscidideicus marginatus (Lichtwardt, 1896)
  • Tachytrechus praetextatus (Haliday, 1855)

Muscidideicus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains a single species, Muscidideicus praetextatus, which is found only in the Western Palaearctic.

References

  1. Haliday, A. H. (1855). "Descriptions of insects figured, and references to plates illustrating the notes on Kerry insects". Natural History Review. 2: 59–64. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  2. Becker, T. (1917). "Dipterologische Studien. Erster Teil". Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum. 102: 113–361.
  3. 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.
  4. Brooks, Scott E. (2005). "Systematics and phylogeny of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 857: 1–158. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.857.1.1.
Taxon identifiers
Muscidideicus
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