''Boreofairchildia''Wagner R, Stuckenberg BR (2016) Cladistic analysis of Subfamily Bruchomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae). ''Zootaxa'' 4092(2): 151–174. 016.03.16/ref> is a genus of moth flies in the subfamily
Bruchomyiinae
The subfamily Bruchomyiinae contains genera of moth flies in the order Diptera, was originally described by the American entomologist Charles Paul Alexander.
Circumscription
For many years the Bruchomyiinae consisted of just three genera, dis ...
. Species have been recorded from the
Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.
Along with th ...
, principally Central and South America, with many, including the type, transferred from the genus ''
Nemopalpus
''Nemopalpus'' is a genus of moth fly in the family Psychodidae, in the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. ''Nemopalpus'' is sometimes spelled "Nemapalpus" and recently (2018) a number of similar species have been transferred to the genera: ''Alexanderia'' ...
''.
Description
The genus name was dedicated to G. B. Fairchild, for his contributions to Neotropical Psychodidae and medical entomology. "According to cladistics analysis, the diagnostic characters of this genus are:
aedeagus
An aedeagus (plural aedeagi) is a reproductive organ of male arthropods through which they secrete sperm from the testes during copulation with a female. It can be thought of as the insect equivalent of a mammal's penis, though the comparison ...
as long as or slightly shorter than ejaculatory apodeme and gonocoxites; gonocoxites without medial appendages, gonostyli basally broad, with two or more distal projections."dos Santos CB, Brazil RP, de Souza Pinto I (2021) New species of ''Boreofairchildia'' Wagner & Stuckenberg and ''Laurenceomyia'' Wagner & Stuckenberg (Diptera: Psychodidae: Bruchomyiinae) from Brazil. ''Zootaxa'' 4974 (2): 391–395.
Boreofairchildia alexanderi
''Boreofairchildia''Wagner R, Stuckenberg BR (2016) Cladistic analysis of Subfamily Bruchomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae). ''Zootaxa'' 4092(2): 151–174. 016.03.16/ref> is a genus of moth flies in the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. Species have been ...
'' Santos, Brazil & Pinto, 2021
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Boreofairchildia antillarum
''Boreofairchildia''Wagner R, Stuckenberg BR (2016) Cladistic analysis of Subfamily Bruchomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae). ''Zootaxa'' 4092(2): 151–174. 016.03.16/ref> is a genus of moth flies in the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. Species have been ...
'' (Fairchild, 1952)
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Boreofairchildia arroyoi
''Boreofairchildia''Wagner R, Stuckenberg BR (2016) Cladistic analysis of Subfamily Bruchomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae). ''Zootaxa'' 4092(2): 151–174. 016.03.16/ref> is a genus of moth flies in the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. Species have been ...
'' (León, 1950)
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Boreofairchildia belti
''Boreofairchildia''Wagner R, Stuckenberg BR (2016) Cladistic analysis of Subfamily Bruchomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae). ''Zootaxa'' 4092(2): 151–174. 016.03.16/ref> is a genus of moth flies in the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. Species have been ...
Boreofairchildia dominicana
''Boreofairchildia''Wagner R, Stuckenberg BR (2016) Cladistic analysis of Subfamily Bruchomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae). ''Zootaxa'' 4092(2): 151–174. 016.03.16/ref> is a genus of moth flies in the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. Species have been ...
'' Wagner, 2017
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Boreofairchildia mopani
''Boreofairchildia''Wagner R, Stuckenberg BR (2016) Cladistic analysis of Subfamily Bruchomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae). ''Zootaxa'' 4092(2): 151–174. 016.03.16/ref> is a genus of moth flies in the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. Species have been ...
'' (León, 1950)
# ''
Boreofairchildia moralesi
''Boreofairchildia''Wagner R, Stuckenberg BR (2016) Cladistic analysis of Subfamily Bruchomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae). ''Zootaxa'' 4092(2): 151–174. 016.03.16/ref> is a genus of moth flies in the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. Species have been ...
'' (León, 1950)
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Boreofairchildia multisetosus
''Boreofairchildia''Wagner R, Stuckenberg BR (2016) Cladistic analysis of Subfamily Bruchomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae). ''Zootaxa'' 4092(2): 151–174. 016.03.16/ref> is a genus of moth flies in the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. Species have been ...
Boreofairchildia parvus
''Boreofairchildia''Wagner R, Stuckenberg BR (2016) Cladistic analysis of Subfamily Bruchomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae). ''Zootaxa'' 4092(2): 151–174. 016.03.16/ref> is a genus of moth flies in the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. Species have been ...
Boreofairchildia scheveni
''Boreofairchildia''Wagner R, Stuckenberg BR (2016) Cladistic analysis of Subfamily Bruchomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae). ''Zootaxa'' 4092(2): 151–174. 016.03.16/ref> is a genus of moth flies in the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. Species have been ...
'' (Wagner, 2006)
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Boreofairchildia sziladyi
''Boreofairchildia''Wagner R, Stuckenberg BR (2016) Cladistic analysis of Subfamily Bruchomyiinae (Diptera: Psychodidae). ''Zootaxa'' 4092(2): 151–174. 016.03.16/ref> is a genus of moth flies in the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. Species have been ...
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