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Melanderia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Hydrophorinae
Tribe:	Hydrophorini
Genus:	Melanderia Aldrich, 1922
Type species
Melanderia mandibulata Aldrich, 1922

Melanderia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is distributed along the West Coast of the United States, and members of the genus live in the intertidal zone. The adults have modified labellae that resemble mandibles.

Species

The genus is divided into two subgenera, Melanderia and Wirthia:

• Subgenus Melanderia Aldrich, 1922:
  • Melanderia crepuscula Arnaud, 1958 – California (Pacific Grove)
  • Melanderia mandibulata Aldrich, 1922 – Washington, Oregon, California
• Subgenus Wirthia Arnaud, 1958:
  • Melanderia californica Harmston, 1972 – California (San Diego)
  • Melanderia curvipes (Van Duzee, 1918) – California (San Diego)

References

1. ^ Aldrich, J.M. (1922). "A New Genus of Two-winged Fly with Mandible-like Labella" (PDF). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 24: 145–148. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
2. Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN 9787811171020.
3. Pollet, Marc A. A.; Brooks, Scott Edward; Cumming, Jeffrey Malcolm (2004). "Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 283. American Museum of Natural History: 1–114. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2004)283<0001:cotddo>2.0.co;2. hdl:2246/451.
4. "Genus Melanderia". BugGuide. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
5. ^ Arnaud, P. H. Jr. (1958). "A synopsis of the genus Melanderia Aldrich (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 60: 179–186. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
6. Harmston, F.C. (1972). "New Dolichopodidae From California And Oregon (Diptera)". Entomological News. 83: 153–158. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
7. Van Duzee, Millard C. (1917). "New North American species of Dolichopodidae (Dip.)". Entomological News. 28: 123–128. Retrieved 10 July 2016.

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