Ethiromyia Explained

Ethiromyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is distributed in the Holarctic realm. It was established for a group of three species formerly included in Gymnopternus or Hercostomus.

Species

• Ethiromyia chalybea (Wiedemann, 1817)^[1] – Europe
• Ethiromyia purpurata (Van Duzee, 1925) – Eastern Nearctic
• Ethiromyia violacea (Van Duzee, 1921) – Eastern Nearctic

Notes and References

1. Book: Chandler, Peter J.. 1998. updated 1 December 2014. Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. 12 . Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 1–234. Royal Entomological Society. 4 March 2015.