Dactylomyia
Sign in to saveDactylomyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes seven species known from eastern North America, Central America, the Lesser Antilles, and the Hawaiian Islands. The only species recorded from the Hawaiian Islands is Dactylomyia vockerothi, recorded only from Midway Atoll; the species is an accidental introduction to Midway, probably from the main Hawaiian islands and ultimately from the Neotropics.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyDolichopodidae
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Groupinsecta
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Dactylomyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes seven species known from eastern North America, Central America, the Lesser Antilles, and the Hawaiian Islands. The only species recorded from the Hawaiian Islands is Dactylomyia vockerothi, recorded only from Midway Atoll; the species is an accidental introduction to Midway, probably from the main Hawaiian islands and ultimately from the Neotropics.
==Species== Dactylomyia bicolor (Van Duzee, 1933) – Guatemala Dactylomyia coruscans (Parent, 1928) – Costa Rica Dactylomyia decora (Aldrich, 1902) – Lesser Antilles (Grenada, St. Vincent, Barbados) Dactylomyia lateralis (Say, 1829) – eastern North America (USA and Canada) Dactylomyia mexicana Naglis, 2002 – Mexico Dactylomyia parenti Naglis, 2002 – Costa Rica Dactylomyia vockerothi Bickel, 1998 – Hawaiian Islands (Midway Atoll)