''Evocoa'' is a

monotypic genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

flies Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced m ...

containing the single species ''Evocoa chilensis''. It is the only genus in the family Evocoidae. This fly was described in 2003 with the name ''Ocoa chilensis'',Yeates, D. K., et al. (2003)
Ocoidae, a new family of asiloid flies (Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea), based on ''Ocoa chilensis'' gen. and sp. n. from Chile, South America.
''Systematic Entomology'' 28(4), 417-31. and it was placed in its own family, but that genus name was preoccupied. A new genus name was coined in 2006.Yeates, D. K., et al. (2006)
Evocoidae (Diptera: Asiloidea), a new family name for Ocoidae, based on ''Evocoa'', a replacement name for the Chilean genus ''Ocoa'' Yeates, Irwin, and Wiegmann 2003.
''Systematic Entomology'' 31(2), 373. This species is a small fly native to

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

References

Asiloidea Endemic fauna of Chile Diptera of South America Insects described in 2003 Asiloidea genera Monotypic Brachycera genera {{Asiloidea-stub