Moegistorhynchus

Genus of flies

Moegistorhynchus
Moegistorhynchus longirostris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Nemestrinidae
Genus: Moegistorhynchus
Macquart, 1841[1]

Moegistorhynchus is a genus of tangle-veined flies in the family Nemestrinidae.[2] It was described in 1840 by Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart.

Species

This genus has at least 6 species, 4 are described.[2]

  • Moegistorynchus braunsi Bequaert, 1935
  • Moegistorynchus brevirostris (Wiedemann, 1821)
  • Moegistorhynchus longirostris (Wiedemann, 1819)
  • Moegistorhynchus perplexus Bequaert, 1935

References

  1. ^ "Moegistorhynchus Macquart, 1841". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b Barraclough, David; Slotow, Rob (November 2010). "The South African Keystone Pollinator Moegistorhynchus longirostris (Wiedemann, 1819) (Diptera: Nemestrinidae): Notes on Biology, Biogeography and Proboscis Length Variation". African Invertebrates. 51 (2): 397–403. doi:10.5733/afin.051.0208. ISSN 1681-5556. S2CID 86127943.
Taxon identifiers
Moegistorhynchus
  • Wikidata: Q14699052
  • Wikispecies: Moegistorhynchus
  • BOLD: 472905
  • CoL: 63BW6
  • EoL: 79150
  • GBIF: 1479416
  • iNaturalist: 645289
  • IRMNG: 1016283
  • NCBI: 1717582
  • Open Tree of Life: 4331551
  • Plazi: 477D5D44-FFE6-7E53-4622-F9CDE390FAB7


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