Phoomyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. The genus is known from the coasts of Sri Lanka, Thailand and East India, and is closely related to Argyrochlamys and Pseudargyrochlamys. Species of Phoomyia appear to be restricted to sandy ocean beaches, where they are often found near the burrows of ghost crabs.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichopodinae |
| Genus: | Phoomyia Naglis & Grootaert, 2013[1] |
| Type species | |
| Phoomyia srilankensis Naglis & Grootaert, 2013[1]
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Adults of Phoomyia have a body length of 2.0–3.5 mm. Their bodies have a non-metallic coloring with dense grey pruinosity, and their legs are yellow.[1]
The generic name Phoomyia is a combination of Phoo, derived from the Thai word ปู ("crab"), and myia, derived from the Greek word μυία ("fly").[1]
Species
editThe genus includes two species:
- Phoomyia srilankensis Naglis & Grootaert, 2013[1] – Sri Lanka (Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern provinces); East India (Gop, Odisha)[2]
- Phoomyia thailandensis Naglis & Grootaert, 2013[1] – Thailand (Chonburi and Rayong provinces)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Naglis, S.; Grootaert, P.; Brooks, S. E. (2013). "Phoomyia, a new genus of Dolichopodinae from the Oriental Region (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3666 (1): 93–99. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3666.1.9. PMID 26217840. S2CID 30076808. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-27. (Erratum: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3691.1.10)
- ^ Grichanov, I. Ya. (2016). "Two new species of Campsicnemus Haliday, 1851 from India with notes on some Oriental Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Halteres. 7: 35–42. doi:10.5281/zenodo.54871.
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