Kowmungia
Sign in to saveKowmungia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from Australia.
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It sits within the topics Dolichopodidae, Dolichopodidae genera and Flies of Australasia.
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- Parent taxon
- Dolichopodidae
- Named after
- Kowmung River
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- Kowmungia
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Kowmungia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from Australia.
The genus was originally regarded as incertae sedis within the family Dolichopodidae, as it did not fit into any previously described subfamily. In the World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera) by Yang et al. (2006), the new subfamily Kowmunginae was proposed to include both Kowmungia and Phacaspis. This placement was later criticized by Sinclair et al. (2008), who suggested that the genus would have been better placed as incertae sedis until a later phylogenetic study determines its placement.
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