Terpsimyia is a genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae.[2][3] It is known from the Indomalayan realm, and contains only one species, Terpsimyia semicincta, known from Taiwan and Thailand.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Diaphorinae |
| Genus: | Terpsimyia Dyte, 1975[2] |
| Species: | T. semicincta
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| Terpsimyia semicincta | |
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The genus was originally named Hadroscelus by Theodor Becker in 1922. However, this name was preoccupied by Hadroscelus Quendenfeldt, 1885, so the genus was renamed to Terpsimyia by C. E. Dyte in 1975.
References
edit- ^ a b c Becker, T. (1922). "Dipterologische Studien: Dolichopodidae der Indo-Australischen Region". Capita Zoologica. 1 (4): 1–247.
- ^ a b Dyte, C. E. (1975). "Family Dolichopodidae". In Delfinado, M.D.; Hardy, D.E. (eds.). Catalogue of the Diptera of the Oriental Region. Vol. 2. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. pp. 212–258.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Grootaert, P.; Meuffels, H.J.G. (1999). "Discovery of Terpsimyia semicincta (Becker), a marine dolichopodid fly in the Gulf of Siam (Insecta Diptera Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Belgian Journal of Entomology. 1 (1): 153–159.
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