Mberu is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil, and contains only one species, Mberu pepocatu. The generic name is the Tupi–Guarani word for "fly". The specific name is a combination of the Tupi–Guarani words pepo ("wing") and cato ("beautiful"), referring to the vein pattern of the wings.[1]

Mberu
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Neurigoninae
Tribe: Coeloglutini
Genus: Mberu
Capellari & Amorim, 2011[1]
Species:
M. pepocatu
Binomial name
Mberu pepocatu
Capellari & Amorim, 2011[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Capellari, Renato Soares; Amorim, Dalton De Souza (2011). "Mberu, a new neurigonine genus from southeastern Brazil (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Zootaxa. 3101: 38–46. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3101.1.2.