Scotiomyia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Empidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Asilomorpha Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Dolichopodidae
Subfamilia: Sympycninae
Genus: Scotiomyia
Species: S. flavicauda – S. fusca – S. melanura – S. opercula – S. singaporensis

Name

Scotiomyia Meuffels & Grootaert, 1997

Type species: Scotiomyia fusca Meuffels & Grootaert, 1997, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Paluda Wei, 2006: 489, 498 (nec DeLong, 1937) [synonymized by Yang et al., 2006]
  • Type species: Paluda opercula Wei, 2006, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Meuffels, H.J.G. & Grootaert, P. 1997. Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea XVI. Scotiomyia gen. nov. a new sympycnine genus from the rain forest with notes on the Papuan Sympycninae. Studia dipterologica 4(1): 247–255. Abstract. Reference page. 
• Yang, D., Zhu, Y.-J., Wang, M.-Q. & Zhang, L.-L. 2006. World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. 704 pp. ISBN 9787811171020. Abstract at NHBS. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Evenhuis, N.L. & Grootaert, P. 2002. Annotated checklist of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Singapore, with descriptions of a new genus and new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 50(2): 301–316. PDF. Reference page. 
• Grichanov, I.Ya. 2017. Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). 2nd ed. Plant Protection News, Supplements (23). St.Petersburg: VIZR RAAS. 563 pp. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.884863 . PDF.
• Sinclair, B.J., Brooks, S.E. & Cumming, J.M. 2008. A critical review of the world catalogs of Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera) by Yang et al. (2006, 2007). Zootaxa 1846: 61–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1846.1.7 .