Pindaia
| Pindaia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Medeterinae |
| Genus: | Bickel, 2014[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pindaia dispersia Bickel, 2014[1]
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Pindaia is a genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae from the Australasian realm.[1][2] It comprises three species known from rainforests and wet sclerophyll forests in New Caledonia and eastern Australia, as well as an undescribed species known from females found in montane Papua New Guinea. The genus is named after the New Caledonian place name "Pindai".[3]
Species
- Pindaia bellangrensis Bickel, 2014[1] – Australia (New South Wales)
- Pindaia dispersia Bickel, 2014[1] – New Caledonia
- Pindaia enoggera Bickel, 2014[1] – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
References
- ^ a b c d e f Bickel, D. (2014). "Pindaia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) a new genus from New Caledonia and Australia". In Guilbert, É.; Grandcolas, P.; Jourdan, H.; Robillard, T. (eds.). Zoologia Neocaledonica 8. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia (PDF). Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. Vol. 206. pp. 209–218. eISSN 1768-305X. ISBN 978-2-85653-707-7. ISSN 1243-4442.
- ^ Evenhius, N.L. (17 April 2016). "44. Family DOLICHOPODIDAE". In Evenhius, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Bickel, D. (24 March 2015). "Rare and poorly-known, meet a new genus of long-legged flies". Australian Museum. Retrieved 17 April 2018.