''Brevimyia'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains only one species, ''Brevimyia pulverea'', and is found in

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. It was originally known as ''Brachymyia'', named by

Octave Parent Abbé Octave Parent (15 June 1882, in Trescault – 9 February 1942, in Ambleteuse) was a French entomologist who specialized in Diptera, mostly the family Dolichopodidae. He became director of the Biological Station, Ambleteuse. He published thre ...

in 1933. Later, David Miller found the name to be preoccupied by ''Brachymyia'' (Williston, 1882), and renamed it to ''Brevimyia'' in 1945.

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Dolichopodidae genera Sympycninae Monotypic Brachycera genera Diptera of New Zealand Taxa named by David Miller (entomologist) Endemic insects of New Zealand {{Dolichopodidae-stub