''Falbouria'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains only one species, ''Falbouria acorensis'', which is endemic to the

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. The genus was originally named ''Balfouria'' 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; it was renamed to ''Falbouria'' by C. E. Dyte in 1980, after the name ''Balfouria'' was found to be preoccupied by the snail genus ''

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'' Crosse, 1884.

Systematic position

The genus ''Falbouria'' was placed in the tribe Argyrini by Maslova and Negrobov (1996). Later, on re-describing the type species of the genus, Capellari and Amorim (2012) found the genus shares some features with ''

Achradocera ''Achradocera'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is distributed in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms as well as in Polynesia. Several Afrotropical species were also placed in the genus, but in 2018 they were transferred to ...

'', ''

Chrysotus ''Chrysotus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is one of the largest genera in the subfamily Diaphorinae, with more than 460 species. However, the genus is probably paraphyletic, and possibly even polyphyletic, with respect ...

'', and ''

Lyroneurus ''Lyroneurus'' is a genus or subgenus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Its rank is not currently certain; it has variously been placed as its own genus or as a subgenus of '' Diaphorus''. More recently, it has been suggested by Pollet et ...

'', so they place it in Diaphorini instead. ''Falbouria'' is placed close to ''

'' by these authors, but is kept as a separate genus rather than becoming a synonym of ''Chrysotus'' (which is itself

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Distribution

''Falbouria acorensis'' is an

endemic species Endemism is the state of a species being found 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 found elsew ...

to the Azores. It is known to be present on São Miguel Island. It was historically also recorded from

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, Faial,

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and São Jorge islands, though no recent information on the species exists for these islands.

References

Diaphorinae Dolichopodidae genera Monotypic Brachycera genera Endemic arthropods of the Azores {{Dolichopodidae-stub