Enlinia

Enlinia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Enliniinae
Genus: Enlinia
Aldrich, 1933[1]
Type species
Collinellula magistri
Synonyms

Collinellula Aldrich, 1932
(nec Strand, 1928)[2]

Enlinia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[3] Flies in the genus are tiny, with a body length of around 1 mm. The genus is restricted to the New World.[4] There are about 89 species described in the genus.[5]

The genus was originally known as Collinellula, named by John Merton Aldrich in 1932. It was named in honor of J. E. Collin, who collected a specimen of the type species, Collinellula magistri (the specific name was also chosen to celebrate the ability of this collector).[2] However, Collinellula was found to be preoccupied, so the genus was renamed to Enlinia by Aldrich in 1933, in honor of G. Enderlein, another collector of the type species.[1]

  1. ^ a b Aldrich, J. M. (1933). "Notes on Diptera, No. 6". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 35: 165–170. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Aldrich, J. M. (1932). "New Diptera, or two-winged flies, from America, Asia, and Java, with additional notes". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 81 (9): 1–28. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.81-2932.1. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. ^ Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN 9787811171020.
  4. ^ Runyon, Justin B.; Pollet, Marc (2018). "Enlinia Aldrich, 1933 of Mitaraka, French Guiana (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Zoosystema. 40 (sp1): 453–468. doi:10.5252/zoosystema2018v40a19.
  5. ^ Runyon, Justin B.; Pollet, Marc (2018). "The Genus Enlinia Aldrich in Chile (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with the Description of Four New Species". Neotropical Entomology. 48 (4): 604–613. doi:10.1007/s13744-018-0660-1. PMID 30569389.