Dactylonotus
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| Dactylonotus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Diaphorinae |
| Tribe: | Argyrini |
| Genus: | Dactylonotus Parent, 1934 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Dactylonotus grandicornis | |
Dactylonotus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Six of the species in the genus are found in southern Africa, though one species, Dactylonotus formosus, is found in New Zealand. The genus is recognised by its distinctive antennae, which have a finger-like projection on the pedicel (the second segment) that overlaps the top of the postpedicel (the first unit of the third segment, the flagellum).[2]
