Dytomyia
Sign in to saveDytomyia is a genus in the Dolichopodidae: the name is an eponym of Peter Dyte, a specialist in this family of flies. It is known from Australia, Madagascar and Kenya, with an undescribed species from Papua New Guinea.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- Family
- Dolichopodidae
- Collections
- INHS, AM
- Recorded in
- Australia
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Dytomyia is a genus in the Dolichopodidae: the name is an eponym of Peter Dyte, a specialist in this family of flies. It is known from Australia, Madagascar and Kenya, with an undescribed species from Papua New Guinea.
==Species== The genus contains the following species: Dytomyia bancrofti Bickel, 1994 – Australia Dytomyia deconinckae Grichanov, 1998 – Madagascar Dytomyia flavicaudata Grichanov, 2021 – Kenya Dytomyia elenae Grichanov, 1998 – Madagascar Dytomyia flaviseta Bickel, 1994 – Australia Dytomyia lutescens (Vanschuytbroeck, 1952) – Madagascar Dytomyia paulyi Grichanov, 1998 – Madagascar Dytomyia sordida (Parent, 1928) – Australia Dytomyia torresiana Bickel, 1994 – Australia Dytomyia tumifrons Bickel, 1994 – Australia
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