Richardia (fly)
| Richardia | |
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| Richardia advena | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Richardiidae |
| Genus: | Richardia Robineau-Desvoid, 1830 |
Richardia is a genus of flies in the family Richardiidae.[1] It was first described by French entomologist Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoid in 1830. It occurs from Mexico to Central and South America.[2]
Description
[edit]The genus includes species with strongly enlarged heads (hypercephalism) and "eyestalks" (eyes inserted in the lateral projection of the head) such as the males R. telescopica and R. stylops.[3] Stalk-eyed flies in family Diopsidae have their antennae located on the stalk, rather than in the middle of the head as in Richardiidae.
Taxonomy
[edit]The Richardia genus comprises the following species:[2]
- Richardia advena
- Richardia analis Hendel, 1911
- Richardia annulata (Macquart, 1835
- Richardia calcarata Hendel, 1912
- Richardia centraliamericana Hennig, 1937
- Richardia concinna Wulp, 1899
- Richardia eburneosignata Hennig, 1937
- Richardia elegans Wulp, 1899
- Richardia flavipes Schiner, 1868
- Richardia hendeliana Enderlein, 1913
- Richardia infestans Enderlein, 1912
- Richardia laeta Walker, 1853
- Richardia laterina Rondani, 1848
- Richardia latibrachium Enderlein, 1912
- Richardia lichtwardti Hendel, 1911
- Richardia numerifera Speiser, 1911
- Richardia pectinata Hendel, 1912
- Richardia podagrica Fabricius, 1805
- Richardia proxima Schiner, 1868
- Richardia saltatoria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
- Richardia schnusei Hendel, 1911
- Richardia stylops Hennig, 1938
- Richardia teevani Curran, 1934
- Richardia telescopica Gerstaecker, 1860
- Richardia tephritina Enderlein, 191
- Richardia tuberculata Hendel, 1911
- Richardia undulata Hennig, 1937
- Richardia unifasciata Rondani, 1848
- Richardia unimaculata Hendel, 1911
- Richardia viridiventris Wulp, 1899
References
[edit]- ^ Wendt, Lisiane D.; Ale-Rocha, Rosaly (April 2015). "Antlered richardiid flies: new species of Richardia (Tephritoidea: Richardiidae) with antler-like genal processes". Entomological Science. 18 (2): 153–166. doi:10.1111/ens.12122.
- ^ a b "Richardia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ Hurley, Imogen Anne (2002). The developmental genetics of exaggerated eyespan in stalk-eyed flies (Doctoral thesis). UCL (University College London).
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