Corindia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known mainly from the Afrotropical and Australasian realms, with a single species from the Palaearctic realm and an undescribed species also known from the Neotropical realm. The genus was first described in 1986 by Daniel J. Bickel, who originally considered it to be the sister group of the genus Thrypticus. Bickel later suggested that Corindia may represent a plesiomorphic and paraphlyetic assemblage from which Thrypticus arose.[2]

Corindia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Medeterinae
Genus: Corindia
Bickel, 1986[1]
Type species
Corindia major
Bickel, 1986[1]

In Australia, adults of the genus are often found on smooth-barked eucalypt trees, and display a stance similar to that of Medetera. The genus is named after Corindi, a geographical place name of aboriginal origin on the New South Wales northern coast.[1]

Species

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Australasian realm:[3][1][4][2]

Afrotropical realm:

Palaearctic realm:

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Bickel, D. J. (1986). "Thrypticus and an allied new genus, Corindia, from Australia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 38 (3): 135–151. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.179.
  2. ^ a b Bickel, D.J. (2014). "Corindia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from New Caledonia and the Papuan Region". In Guilbert, É.; Robillard, T.; Jourdan, H.; Grandcolas, P. (eds.). Zoologia Neocaledonica 8: Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia (PDF). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Vol. 206. pp. 201–208. ISBN 978-2-85653-707-7. ISSN 1243-4442.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Bickel, D. J. (2013). "The family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Pilbara region, Western Australia in its Australasian biogeographic context, with the description of 19 new species" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. Supplement 83: 291–348. doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.83.2013.291-348.
  5. ^ a b c Grichanov, I. Y. (1998). "Three new Afrotropical species of the Australian genus Corindia Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". International Journal of Dipterological Research. 9: 191–194.
  6. ^ Grichanov, I. Y. (2000). "New Afrotropical Sciapodinae and Medeterinae with a review of Namibian Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Stud. Dipt. Dipterologica. 7: 399–435.
  7. ^ Drake, C.M.; Godfrey, A.; Gibbs, D.J. (2023). "Thrypticus and Corindia in Britain, with the description of two new species and the addition of two species to the British list (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae)". Dipterists Digest. Second Series. 30: 172–199.