''Erebomyia'' is a genus of

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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 ...

, known from the

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. Three species are known from

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, and one from

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. The genus was first created in 2004 for '' Erebomyia exalloptera'', a species whose males have uniquely asymmetrical wings – the left wing is larger and has a different shape compared to the right wing. The males of the remaining three species have modified but symmetrical wings.

Species

* '' Erebomyia aetheoptera'' Hurley & Runyon, 2009 * '' Erebomyia exalloptera'' Runyon & Hurley, 2004 * '' Erebomyia inaequalis'' (Van Duzee, 1930) (Synonym: ''E. akidoptera'' Hurley & Runyon, 2009) * '' Erebomyia ramseyensis'' Hurley & Runyon, 2009

References

Dolichopodidae genera Sympycninae Diptera of North America {{Dolichopodidae-stub