Laurenceomyia

Laurenceomyia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Psychodoidea
Family: Psychodidae
Subfamily: Bruchomyiinae
Genus: Laurenceomyia
Wagner & Stuckenberg, 2016[1]
Type species
Nemopalpus dampfianus

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.

Description

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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."[3]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b Wagner, Rüdiger; Stuckenberg, Brian (2016-03-16). "Cladistic analysis of Subfamily Bruchomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae)". Zootaxa. 4092 (2): 151–174. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4092.2.1. PMID 27394447.
  2. ^ a b Alexander, C.P. (1940). "Further observations on the Psychodid subfamily Bruchomyinae (Diptera)". Revista de Entomologia. 11: 793–799.
  3. ^ a b dos Santos, C.B.; Brazil, R.P.; 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.