Pharcoura | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Subfamily: | Medeterinae |
Genus: |
Pharcoura Bickel, 2007 [1] |
Type species | |
Pharcoura newthayorum Bickel, 2007
[1]
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Pharcoura is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from Chile. It is the first genus in the subfamily Medeterinae to be described from Nothofagus forests. [1]
The generic name is a combination of the Greek words pharkis (wrinkle) and oura (tail). [1]