Dytomyia is a genus in the Dolichopodidae: the name is an eponym of , a specialist in this family of flies. It is known from Australia, Madagascar and Kenya, with an undescribed species from Papua New Guinea.
Species
The genus contains the following species:
- Dytomyia bancrofti <small>Bickel, 1994</small> â Australia
- Dytomyia deconinckae <small>Grichanov, 1998</small> â Madagascar
- Dytomyia flavicaudata <small>Grichanov, 2021</small> â Kenya
- Dytomyia elenae <small>Grichanov, 1998</small> â Madagascar
- Dytomyia flaviseta <small>Bickel, 1994</small> â Australia
- Dytomyia lutescens <small>(Vanschuytbroeck, 1952)</small> â Madagascar
- Dytomyia paulyi <small>Grichanov, 1998</small> â Madagascar
- Dytomyia sordida <small>(Parent, 1928)</small> â Australia
- Dytomyia torresiana <small>Bickel, 1994</small> â Australia
- Dytomyia tumifrons <small>Bickel, 1994</small> â Australia
The species Sciapus nubilis <small>Parent, 1935</small>, which was described from a single female from Madagascar, was transferred to this genus in 2003, but was later considered a nomen dubium in 2021.
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