Babindella Explained

Babindella is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from Australia.[1] It is the only genus in the subfamily Babindellinae, and is named after Babinda, the type locality. According to Grichanov (2018), there may be no basis for a separate subfamily for Babindella, which is considered to be related to several genera of Medeterinae such as Udzungwomyia.[2]

Species

The genus contains two species:

Notes and References

  1. Igor Ya.. Grichanov. 2017. Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). 2nd ed.. Plant Protection News, Supplements. All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR). St.Petersburg. 23. 10.5281/zenodo.884863. free.
  2. Grichanov. I. Ya.. 2018. A new genus and species of subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Tanzania. Far Eastern Entomologist. 350. 350. 9–16. 10.25221/fee.350.2. free.