Villeneuvia

Villeneuvia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Subfamily: Coenosiinae
Tribe: Limnophorini
Genus: Villeneuvia
Schnabl & Dziedzicki, 1911
Type species
Limnophora aestuum
Villeneuve, 1902

Villeneuvia is a genus of true flies, belonging to the family Muscidae. There is only one known species. They are very similar to Limnophora, but obital seta are absent in both sexes.[1][2]

It is a coastal fly found throughout most of coastal Europe.[2]

Species

References

  1. D'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M (1968). Diptera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata: Muscidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 10. London.: Royal Entomological Society of London. p. 118.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gregor, F.; Rozkosny, R.; Bartak, M.; Vanhara, J. (2002). The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe. Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis 107. Masaryk.: Masaryk University. p. 280.