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Kowmungia

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Kowmungia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Kowmunginae
Genus: Kowmungia
Bickel, 1987[1]
Type species
Kowmungia nigrifemorata
Bickel, 1987[1]

Kowmungia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[2] It is known from Australia.[1]

The genus was originally regarded as incertae sedis within the family Dolichopodidae, as it did not fit into any previously described subfamily. In the World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera) by Yang et al. (2006), the new subfamily Kowmunginae was proposed to include both Kowmungia and Phacaspis. This placement was later criticized by Sinclair et al. (2008), who suggested that the genus would have been better placed as incertae sedis until a later phylogenetic study determines its placement.[3]

Species

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The genus contains four species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Bickel, D.J. (1987). "Kowmungia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new genus from Australia". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 1 (2): 147–154. doi:10.1071/IT9870147.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Sinclair, Bradley J.; Brooks, Scott E.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2008). "A critical review of the world catalogs of Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera) by Yang et al. (2006, 2007)". Zootaxa. 1846: 61–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1846.1.7. S2CID 15811116.