''Euthyneura'' is a genus of
dance fly
Hybotidae, the typical dance flies, are a family of true flies. They belong to the superfamily Empidoidea and were formerly included in the Empididae as a subfamily.
Some, such as ''Tachydromia'', are predators that run around on the bark o ...
. Six species of ''Euthyneura'' occur in the
United Kingdom
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. The known range of ''
E. myrtilli'' extended to
Ireland
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in counties
Fermanagh
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and
Antrim
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*Antrim 20, an American sailboat design
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* Donald Antrim (born 1958), American writer
* "Henry Antrim", an alias used by Henry McCarty, better known as Billy the Kid, a 19th-century outlaw
* Harry Antrim (1884 ...
in 2007.
[Alexander, K.N.A. and Chandler, P.J. 2009. ''Euthyneura myrtilli'' Macquart, 1836, (Diptera: Hybotidae), a dance fly new to Ireland. '']Irish Naturalists' Journal
The ''Irish Naturalists' Journal'' () is a scientific journal covering all aspects of natural history. It has been published since 1925. It was predecessed by ''The Irish Naturalist'' (1892−1924).
References
External links
*''The Irish Na ...
'' 30: 55–56.
Species
*''
E. abnormis''
Saigusa & Yang, 2003
*''
E. aerea''
Frey
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, 1953
*''
E. albipennis''
(Zetterstedt
Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (20 May 1785 – 23 December 1874) was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.
Biography
Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He receiv ...
, 1842)
*''
E. aperta''
Melander, 1902
*''
E. argyria''
Melander, 1928
*''
E. bucinator''
Melander, 1902
*''
E. crocata''
(Coquillett
Daniel William Coquillett (23 January 1856, Pleasant Valley, Ill. – 7 July 1911 Atlantic City, New Jersey) was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He wrote a revision of the dipterous family Therevidae and many other scient ...
, 1900)
*''
E. gyllenhali''
(Zetterstedt
Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (20 May 1785 – 23 December 1874) was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.
Biography
Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He receiv ...
, 1838)
*''
E. halidayi''
Collin, 1926
*''
E. inermis''
(Becker
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, 1910)
*''
E. matura''
Melander, 1928
*''
E. myricae''
Haliday in Walker
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*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1851
*''
E. myrtilli''
Macquart, 1836
*''
E. spinipes''
Melander, 1928
*''
E. stigmata''
Saigusa & Yang, 2003
References
Hybotidae
Asilomorph flies of Europe
Empidoidea genera
Taxa named by Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart
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