Emperoptera

Taxobox
name = "Emperoptera"


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
infraordo = Asilomorpha
superfamilia = Empidoidea
familia = Dolichopodidae
genus = "Emperoptera"
genus_authority = Grimshaw in Grimshaw & Speiser, 1902
type_species= "Emperoptera mirabilis"
type_species_authority = Grimshaw, 1902

General Information

"Emperoptera" is a genus of flightless flies in the Dolichopodidae family. This genera is endemic to the Hawaiian islands, and are characterized by their lack of wings. After the introduction of invasive ants and other alien species such as wild boar "(Sus scrofa)" [cite book|author=Neal L. Evenhuis|year=1997|title=Review Of Flightless Dolichopodidae (Diptera) In The Hawaiian Islands |pages=29 pp|publisher=Bishop Museum Occasional Papers|language=English] to the islands, 4 of the 5 species are believed extinct. [http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/bishop/hbsimages/flightless-flies.html]

pecies

* "E. hardyi" Evenhuis, 1997
* "E. hawaiiensis" (Hardy & Delfinado), 1974
* "E. mirabilis" Grimshaw, 1902
* "E. montgomeryi" Evenhuis, 1997
* "E. zimmermanni" Evenhuis, 1997

References