Abbemyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Australia and New Caledonia.[2] It is named after the French entomologist Abbé Octave Parent, who studied the family Dolichopodidae.[1]

Abbemyia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Sciapodinae
Tribe: Chrysosomatini
Genus: Abbemyia
Bickel, 1994[1]
Type species
Psilopus nigrofasciatus
Macquart, 1850

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Bickel, D. J. (1994). "The Australian Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a review of the Oriental and Australasian faunas, and a world conspectus of the subfamily" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement. 21: 1–394. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.21.1994.50. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. ^ Evenhius, N. L. (17 April 2016). "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. J. (2002). "The Sciapodinae of New Caledonia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". In Grandcolas, P.; Najt, J. (eds.). Zoologia Neocaledonica 5. Systématique et endémisme en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Vol. 187. pp. 11–83. ISBN 2-85653-179-2.