Argyra
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Argyra is a genus of fly
in the family Dolichopodidae
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Fly
True flies are insects of the order Diptera . They possess a pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax...
in the family Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, make up a large family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera distributed worldwide. The genus Dolichopus is the most speciose, with some 600 species. They are generally small flies with large, prominent eyes and a metallic...
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Species
- Argyra abdominalis (SayThomas SayThomas Say was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist, herpetologist and carcinologist. A taxonomist, he is often considered to be the father of descriptive entomology in the United States. He described more than 1,000 new species of beetles and over 400 species of insects of other...
, 1829) - Argyra albicans LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1861 - Argyra albicoxa Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra albiventris LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1864 - Argyra aldrichi Johnson, 1904
- Argyra angustata Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra argentina (MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1824) - Argyra argentiventris Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra argyria (MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1824) - Argyra atriceps LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1857 - Argyra auricollis (MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1824) - Argyra barbipes Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra basalis Van Duzee, 1932
- Argyra bimaculata Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra brevipes Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra calceata LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1861 - Argyra calcitrans LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1861 - Argyra californica Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra canariensis BeckerTheodor BeckerTheodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....
, 1918 - Argyra ciliata Van Duzee, 1924
- Argyra cingulata (LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1861) - Argyra condomina Harmston and Knowlton, 1946
- Argyra corsica Parent, 1929
- Argyra currani Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra cylindrica LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1864 - Argyra dakotensis Harmston and Knowlton, 1939
- Argyra diaphana (FabriciusJohan Christian FabriciusJohan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others...
, 1775) - Argyra discedens BeckerTheodor BeckerTheodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....
, 1907 - Argyra elongata (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt 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 received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1843) - Argyra fasciventris Van Duzee, 1930
- Argyra femoralis Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra flabellifera BeckerTheodor BeckerTheodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....
, 1891 - Argyra flavicornis Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra flavicoxa Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra flavipes Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra grata LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1857 - Argyra grayi Robinson, 1964
- Argyra hirta Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra hoffmeisteri (LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1850) - Argyra idahona Harmston and Knowlton, 1946
- Argyra ilonae Gosseries, 1988
- Argyra inaequalis Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra involuta Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra johnsoni Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra leucocephala (MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1824) - Argyra loewi KowarzFerdinand KowarzFerdinand Kowarz , was a Bohemian-Austrian entomologist who described many new species of Diptera mainly from central Europe...
, 1879 - Argyra magnicornis (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt 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 received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1838) - Argyra miki (KowarzFerdinand KowarzFerdinand Kowarz , was a Bohemian-Austrian entomologist who described many new species of Diptera mainly from central Europe...
, 1882) - Argyra minuta LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1861 - Argyra nigricoxa Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra nigripes LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1864 - Argyra nigriventris Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra obscura Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra oreada Negrobov, 1973
- Argyra perplexa BeckerTheodor BeckerTheodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....
, 1918 - Argyra robusta Johnson, 1906
- Argyra scutellaris Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra sericata Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra setimana LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1859 - Argyra setipes Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra setulipes BeckerTheodor BeckerTheodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....
, 1918 - Argyra similis Harmston and Knowlton, 1940
- Argyra skufjini Negrobov, 1965
- Argyra spina Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra splendens Van Duzee, 1933
- Argyra spoliata KowarzFerdinand KowarzFerdinand Kowarz , was a Bohemian-Austrian entomologist who described many new species of Diptera mainly from central Europe...
, 1879 - Argyra striaticollis BeckerTheodor BeckerTheodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....
, 1918 - Argyra subarctica Ringdahl, 1920
- Argyra thoracia Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra utahna Harmston, 1951
- Argyra velutina Van Duzee, 1925
- Argyra vestita (WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann , was a German physician, historian, naturalist and entomologist...
, 1817)