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Abbemyia
Sign in to saveAbbemyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Australia and New Caledonia. It was first described in 1994 by Australian entomologist Daniel John Bickel who named the genus to honour the French entomologist Abbé Octave Parent, who studied the family Dolichopodidae.
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- Family
- Dolichopodidae
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- Recorded in
- Australia
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Abbemyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Australia and New Caledonia. It was first described in 1994 by Australian entomologist Daniel John Bickel who named the genus to honour the French entomologist Abbé Octave Parent, who studied the family Dolichopodidae.
==Species== Abbemyia baylaci Bickel, 2002 Abbemyia nigrofasciata (Macquart, 1850) (Synonyms: Chrysosoma chetiscutatum Parent, 1932, Chrysosoma regale Parent, 1932) Abbemyia taree Bickel, 1994
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