Elmoia Explained

Elmoia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, endemic to Hawaii. It is part of the Eurynogaster complex of genera.^[1] The genus is named in honor of D. Elmo Hardy.

Species

• Elmoia bullata (Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
• Elmoia exartema (Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
• Elmoia hamata (Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
• Elmoia lanceolata (Tenorio, 1969)^[2]
• Elmoia multispinosa (Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
• Elmoia nigrohalterata (Parent, 1939)^[3]
• Elmoia saxatilis (Grimshaw, 1901)
• Elmoia viridifacies (Parent, 1938)^[4]

Notes and References

1. Kari Roesch. Goodman. Neal. Evenhuis. Pavla. Bartošová-Sojková. Patrick Michael. O'Grady. 2016. Multiple, independent colonizations of the Hawaiian Archipelago by the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera). PeerJ. 4. e2704. 10.7717/peerj.2704. free. 5119231. 27896033.
2. Book: Tenorio, JoAnn M.. 1969. Genus Eurynogaster. Diptera: Dolichopodidae. Appendix (Phoridae). https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/7341/1/IOH-V11%20Supplement.pdf. Zimmermann. Elwood C.. Insects of Hawaii. 11, Supplement. 40–63.
3. Parent. L.O.. Dolichopodides des Iles Hawaii recuellis par Monsieur FX. Wiliams, principalement au cours de l'annee. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 1939. 10. 2. 225–249. 8 July 2015.
4. Parent. O.. Quelques dipteres dolichopodides des Iles Hawaii. Konowia. 1938. 16. 209–219. 5 October 2015.