''Emiratomyia'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

. It contains only one species, ''Emiratomyia arabica''. The generic name refers to the country where ''E. arabica'' was collected, the United Arab Emirates. The specific name refers to the geographic region where the species was collected, the

Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate ...

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Dolichopodidae genera Diaphorinae Diptera of Asia Monotypic Diptera genera {{Dolichopodidae-stub