Hilara laureae is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. The species was first described from Tenerife in the Canary Islands by Theodor Becker,[1] where it is believed to be endemic.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Empididae |
| Genus: | Hilara |
| Species: | H. laureae
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| Binomial name | |
| Hilara laureae Becker, 1908
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Etymology
editThe original spelling given by Becker (1908: 42) is "laureae", with the species epithet possibly reflecting where the species was first found in a "laurel grove" (in original german as "im Lorbeerhain").[1] However, subsequently many online sources give the spelling of the species epithet as the later alternative "laurae" without any apparent justification.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Becker, Theodor (1908). "Dipteren der Kanarischen Inseln". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 4 (1): 1–180.
- ^ Báez, M. (Nov 1988). "Análisis faunístico de los Dípteros de la laurisilva de Tenerife, Islas Canarias (Insecta, Diptera)" [Faunal analysis of the dipterans of the laurel forests of Tenerife, Canary Islands] (PDF). Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología (in Spanish). 12. Salamanca: 181-208.
- ^ "Hilara laurae Becker, 1908". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
Further reading
editExternal links
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Media related to Hilara laureae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Hilara laureae at Wikispecies
