''Melanderia'' is a genus of
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 ...
in the family
Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera. The genus ''Dolichopus'' is the most speciose, with some 600 species.
Dolichopodidae generally are ...
.
Species
The genus is divided into two subgenera, ''Melanderia'' and ''Wirthia'':
*Subgenus ''Melanderia''
Aldrich, 1922:
**''
Melanderia crepuscula''
Arnaud, 1958
**''
Melanderia mandibulata''
Aldrich, 1922
*Subgenus ''Wirthia''
Arnaud, 1958:
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Melanderia californica''
Harmston, 1972
**''
Melanderia curvipes''
(Van Duzee, 1918)
References
Hydrophorinae
Dolichopodidae genera
Taxa named by John Merton Aldrich
Diptera of North America
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