Laurenceomyia[1] is a genus of moth flies in the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. Species have been recorded principally from south America, with many, including the type, transferred from the genus Nemopalpus.
| Laurenceomyia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Psychodoidea |
| Family: | Psychodidae |
| Subfamily: | Bruchomyiinae |
| Genus: | Laurenceomyia Wagner & Stuckenberg, 2016[1] |
| Type species | |
| Nemopalpus dampfianus | |
Description edit
The genus Laurenceomyia was dedicated to Lawrence W. Quate for his studies on Psychodidae. "According to cladistics analysis, the diagnostic characters of this genus are: aedeagus about as long as ejaculatory apodeme and gonocoxites with [a mid] projection near apex; gonostyli elongate, straight along most of their length, subapically strongly bent with blunt apex."[3]
Species edit
- Laurenceomyia capixaba (Santos, 2009)
- Laurenceomyia dampfianus (Alexander, 1940)[2]
- Laurenceomyia pallipes (Shannon & Del Ponte, 1927)
- Laurenceomyia peixotoi Santos, Brazil & Pinto, 2021[3]
- Laurenceomyia pilipes (Tonnoir, 1922)
- Laurenceomyia similis (Wagner & Stuckenberg, 2012)
References edit
- ^ a b Wagner, Rüdiger; Stuckenberg, Brian (2016-03-16). "Cladistic analysis of Subfamily Bruchomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae)". Zootaxa. 4092 (2): 151–174. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4092.2.1. PMID 27394447.
- ^ a b Alexander, C.P. (1940). "Further observations on the Psychodid subfamily Bruchomyinae (Diptera)". Revista de Entomologia. 11: 793–799.
- ^ a b dos Santos, C.B.; Brazil, R.P.; de Souza Pinto, I. (2021). "New species of Boreofairchildia Wagner & Stuckenberg and Laurenceomyia Wagner & Stuckenberg (Diptera: Psychodidae: Bruchomyiinae) from Brazil". Zootaxa. 4974 (2): 391–395.