''Sweziella'' 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 ...
belonging to 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'' complex of genera.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
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Sweziella aeruginosa''
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Sweziella conspicua''
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Sweziella emarginata''
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Sweziella gracilipennata''
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Sweziella pictilipennata''
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Sweziella tergoprolixa''
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Sweziella virida''
References
Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae genera
Insects of Hawaii
Endemic fauna of Hawaii
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