''Coquena'' is a
genus
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of
small-headed fly
The Acroceridae are a small family of odd-looking flies. They have a hump-backed appearance with a strikingly small head, generally with a long proboscis for accessing nectar. They are rare and not widely known. The most frequently applied common ...
found in
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
and
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 ...
. It was first established by Evert I. Schlinger in 2013.
The genus is named after the ''Coquena'' legend of north-western Argentina. The type species, ''Coquena stangei'', is named after Dr. Lionel A. Stange, who collected the
type series
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.
Species
The genus includes two species:
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Coquena coquimbensis
''Coquena'' is a genus of small-headed fly found in Argentina and Chile. It was first established by Evert I. Schlinger in 2013.
The genus is named after the ''Coquena'' legend of north-western Argentina. The type species, ''Coquena stangei'', i ...
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González & Ramírez, 2021 – Chile
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Coquena stangei
''Coquena'' is a genus of small-headed fly found in Argentina and Chile. It was first established by Evert I. Schlinger in 2013.
The genus is named after the ''Coquena'' legend of north-western Argentina. The type species, ''Coquena stangei'', i ...
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Schlinger ''in'' Schlinger, Gillung & Borkent, 2013 – Argentina
References
Acroceridae
Nemestrinoidea genera
Diptera of South America
Arthropods of Argentina
Arthropods of Chile
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