Dryope melanderi

Dryope melanderi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dryomyzidae
Genus: Dryope
Species:
D. melanderi
Binomial name
Dryope melanderi
(Steyskal, 1957)
Synonyms
  • Dryomyza maculipennis Melander, 1920
  • Dryomyza melanderi Steyskal, 1957

Dryope melanderi is a fly from the family Dryomyzidae. It has recently been placed in the genus Dryope, having been more widely known as Dryomyza melanderi. It is named after American entomologist Axel Melander.

Distribution

This is a western Nearctic fly, occurring in Canada (British Columbia, Quebec) and the United States (Alaska, Idaho).

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mathis, Wayne N.; Sueyoshi, Masahiro (2011). "World Catalog and Conspectus on the Family Dryomyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora)" (PDF). Myia. 12: 207–233. Retrieved 1 March 2015.