''Elmoia'' is a genus of
flies
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...
in the family
Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 8,000 described species in about 250 genera. The genus '' Dolichopus'' is the most speciose, with some 600 species.
Dolichopodidae generally a ...
,
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...
. It is part of the ''
Eurynogaster
''Eurynogaster'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, endemic to Hawaii. It is part of the ''Eurynogaster'' complex of genera, which also includes the genera '' Adachia'', '' Arciellia'', '' Elmoia'', ''Major'', ''Sigmatineurum'', '' ...
'' complex of genera.
The genus is named in honor of
D. Elmo Hardy.
Species
* ''
Elmoia bullata''
(Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
* ''
Elmoia exartema''
(Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
* ''
Elmoia hamata''
(Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
* ''
Elmoia lanceolata''
( Tenorio, 1969)
* ''
Elmoia multispinosa''
(Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
* ''
Elmoia nigrohalterata''
(Parent
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, 1939)
* ''
Elmoia saxatilis''
( Grimshaw, 1901)
* ''
Elmoia viridifacies''
(Parent
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, 1938)
References
Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae genera
Insects of Hawaii
Endemic fauna of Hawaii
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