| Kowmunginae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Kowmunginae Yang, Zhu, Wang & Zhang, 2006[1] |
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Kowmunginae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It was proposed in the World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera) by Yang et al. (2006) to include two genera previously placed as incertae sedis within the family.[1] However, the validity of this new subfamily was later criticized by Sinclair et al. (2008). According to them, the subfamily's erection by Yang et al. (2006) was not justified by their phylogenetic analysis, and the genera included would have been better placed as incertae sedis until a later phylogenetic study determines their placement.[2][3]
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Sinclair, Bradley J.; Brooks, Scott E.; Cumming, Jeffrey 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. S2CID 15811116.
- ^ Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2017). "Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). 2nd ed" (PDF). Plant Protection News, Supplements (23). St.Petersburg: All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR). doi:10.5281/zenodo.884863.