Enlinia

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Enlinia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[3] Flies in the genus are tiny, with a body length of around 1 mm. The genus is restricted to the New World.[4] There are about 89 species described in the genus.[5]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
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Enlinia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Enliniinae
Genus: Enlinia
Aldrich, 1933[1]
Type species
Collinellula magistri
Synonyms

Collinellula Aldrich, 1932
(nec Strand, 1928)
[2]

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The genus was originally known as Collinellula, named by John Merton Aldrich in 1932. It was named in honor of J. E. Collin, who collected a specimen of the type species, Collinellula magistri (the specific name was also chosen to celebrate the ability of this collector).[2] However, Collinellula was found to be preoccupied, so the genus was renamed to Enlinia by Aldrich in 1933, in honor of G. Enderlein, another collector of the type species.[1]

Species

Enlinia edwardsae (Van Duzee, 1930)[9] (originally from Achalcus) is now a synonym of Australachalcus edwardsae (Van Duzee, 1930)[15]

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