Plagioneurus

Plagioneurus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Plagioneurinae
Aldrich, 1905
Genus: Plagioneurus
Loew, 1857[1]
Species:
P. univittatus
Binomial name
Plagioneurus univittatus
Loew, 1857[1]

Plagioneurus is a genus of long-legged flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[1][2] It contains only one species, Plagioneurus univittatus,[3][4][5][6] and is the only member of the subfamily Plagioneurinae.[2] The range of P. univittatus spans from the Eastern United States south to South America.[6]

The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek words πλάγιος (plágios, 'oblique') and νεῦρον (neûron, 'nerve'), referring to the unusual angle of the last part of the medial wing vein M, which converges with radial vein R4+5.[6][7]

In the adults, the thorax is a metallic green, with a strong black stripe in the center, and the abdomen is black with white pruinose posterior bands. The wings are hyaline.[6]

  1. ^ a b c Loew, Hermann (1857). "Dipterologische Mittheilungen". Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift. 1: 33–56.
  2. ^ 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.
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  7. ^ Loew, H. (1864). "Monographs of the Diptera of North America. Part II". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 6: 1–360.