Pharcoura
Genus of flies
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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.[1]
| Pharcoura | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Medeterinae |
| Genus: | Pharcoura Bickel, 2007[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pharcoura newthayorum Bickel, 2007[1] | |
The generic name is a combination of the Greek words pharkis (wrinkle) and oura (tail).[1]
