Dytomyia
Genus of flies
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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.[1][2][3]
| Dytomyia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Sciapodinae |
| Tribe: | Sciapodini |
| Genus: | Dytomyia Bickel, 1994[1] |
| Type species | |
| Sciapus sordidus Parent, 1928 | |
Species
The genus contains the following species:
- Dytomyia bancrofti Bickel, 1994[1] – Australia
- Dytomyia deconinckae Grichanov, 1998[4] – Madagascar
- Dytomyia flavicaudata Grichanov, 2021[3] – Kenya
- Dytomyia elenae Grichanov, 1998[4] – Madagascar
- Dytomyia flaviseta Bickel, 1994[1] – Australia
- Dytomyia lutescens (Vanschuytbroeck, 1952)[5] – Madagascar
- Dytomyia paulyi Grichanov, 1998[4] – Madagascar
- Dytomyia sordida (Parent, 1928) – Australia
- Dytomyia torresiana Bickel, 1994[1] – Australia
- Dytomyia tumifrons Bickel, 1994[1] – Australia
The species Sciapus nubilis Parent, 1935, which was described from a single female from Madagascar, was transferred to this genus in 2003,[6] but was later considered a nomen dubium in 2021.[3]