Pharcoura
Sign in to savePharcoura is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from Chile. It is the first genus in the subfamily Medeterinae to be described from Nothofagus forests.
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It is catalogued under topics including Dolichopodidae genera, Endemic insects of Chile and Flies of South America.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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Pharcoura is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from Chile. It is the first genus in the subfamily Medeterinae to be described from Nothofagus forests.
The generic name is a combination of the Greek words pharkis (wrinkle) and oura (tail).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pharcoura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.