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Dryope melanderi

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Dryope melanderi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dryomyzidae
Genus: Dryope
Species:
D. melanderi
Binomial name
Dryope melanderi
(Steyskal, 1957)[1]
Synonyms
  • Dryomyza maculipennis Melander, 1920
  • Dryomyza melanderi Steyskal, 1957

Dryope melanderi is a fly from the family Dryomyzidae. It has recently been placed in the genus Dryope, having been more widely known as Dryomyza melanderi.[1] It is named after American entomologist Axel Melander.

Distribution

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This is a western Nearctic fly, occurring in Canada (British Columbia, Quebec) and the United States (Alaska, Idaho).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Mathis, Wayne N.; Sueyoshi, Masahiro (2011). "World Catalog and Conspectus on the Family Dryomyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora)" (PDF). Myia. 12: 207–233. Retrieved 1 March 2015.