Pindaia is a genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae from the Australasian realm.[1][2] The genus is named after the New Caledonian place name "Pindai".[3]

Pindaia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Medeterinae
Genus: Pindaia
Bickel, 2014[1]
Type species
Pindaia dispersia
Bickel, 2014[1]

Species edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Bickel, D. (2014). "Pindaia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) a new genus from New Caledonia and Australia". In Guilbert, É.; Grandcolas, P.; Jourdan, H.; Robillard, T. (eds.). Zoologia Neocaledonica 8. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia (PDF). Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. Vol. 206. pp. 209–218. eISSN 1768-305X. ISBN 978-2-85653-707-7. ISSN 1243-4442.
  2. ^ Evenhius, N.L. (17 April 2016). "44. Family DOLICHOPODIDAE". In Evenhius, N.L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. ^ Bickel, D. (24 March 2015). "Rare and poorly-known, meet a new genus of long-legged flies". Australian Museum. Retrieved 17 April 2018.