Phrudoneura Explained

Phrudoneura is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Australasian realm. It was originally created as a subgenus of Sympycnus. It is currently regarded as incertae sedis within the family by Daniel J. Bickel (2013), though is possibly close to Sympycninae.^[1]

Species

• Phrudoneura abbreviata (Meuffels & Grootaert, 1987) – Papua New Guinea, Australia (NT, Qld), Solomon Islands
• Phrudoneura adusta Bickel, 2013^[1] – New Caledonia
• Phrudoneura collessi Bickel, 2013^[1] – Australia (WA, NSW, Qld)
• Phrudoneura hibernalis Bickel, 2013^[1] – New Caledonia
• Phrudoneura maculata Meuffels & Grootaert, 2002^[2] – New Caledonia
• Phrudoneura matilei Meuffels & Grootaert, 2002^[2] – New Caledonia
• Phrudoneura obscura Meuffels & Grootaert, 2002^[2] – New Caledonia
• Phrudoneura parva Meuffels & Grootaert, 2002^[2] – New Caledonia
• Phrudoneura picta Meuffels & Grootaert, 2002^[2] – New Caledonia
• Phrudoneura popondetta Bickel, 2013^[1] – Papua New Guinea

Notes and References

1. Daniel J.. Bickel. 2013. Phrudoneura (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Australia and Melanesia. https://web.archive.org/web/20180428011821/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/e2b4/787227b6da56406ad69faf5cc4c6aae0f1e3.pdf. dead. 2018-04-28. Zootaxa. 3680. 1. 38–54. 10.11646/zootaxa.3680.1.4. 4023172 .
2. Meuffels. H.J.G.. Grootaert. P.. 2002. Diptera Dolichopodidae of New Caledonia. 2. The genus Phrudoneura Meuffels & Grootaert, 1987. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. nouvelle série. 38. 71–78.