Melanderia

Melanderia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Brachycera
Infraorder:	Asilomorpha
Superfamily:	Empidoidea
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Hydrophorinae
Genus:	Melanderia; Aldrich, 1922[1]
Type species
	Melanderia mandibulata; Aldrich, 1922[1]

Melanderia is a genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae.[2]

Species

The genus is divided into two subgenera, Melanderia and Wirthia:[3]

Subgenus Melanderia Aldrich, 1922:
- Melanderia crepuscula Arnaud, 1958[3]
- Melanderia mandibulata Aldrich, 1922[1]
Subgenus Wirthia Arnaud, 1958:[3]
- Melanderia californica Harmston, 1972[4]
- Melanderia curvipes (Van Duzee, 1918)[5]

Aldrich, J.M. (1922). "A New Genus of Two-winged Fly with Mandible-like Labella" (PDF). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 24: 145–148. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
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.
Arnaud, P. H., Jr. (1958). "A synopsis of the genus Melanderia Aldrich (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 60: 179–186. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
Harmston, F.C. (1972). "New Dolichopodidae From California And Oregon (Diptera)". Entomological News. 83: 153–158. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
Van Duzee, Millard C. (1917). "New North American species of Dolichopodidae (Dip.)". Entomological News. 28: 123–128. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

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