Dasydorylas dactylos
| Dasydorylas dactylos | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Pipunculidae |
| Subfamily: | Pipunculinae |
| Tribe: | Eudorylini |
| Genus: | Dasydorylas |
| Species: | D. dactylos |
| Binomial name | |
| Dasydorylas dactylos Motamedinia & Skevington, 2020 | |
Dasydorylas dactylos is a species of fly in the family Pipunculidae. It was described in 2020 by Behnam Motamedinia and Jeffrey H. Skevington from a male specimen collected in Israel.[1]
Description
[edit]The male holotype has a body length of about 3.3 mm, excluding the antennae. The species can be distinguished from related members of Dasydorylas by features including a long tapering flagellum, separated compound eyes in the male, and an apical finger-like process on the surstyli.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The species name is derived from the Greek word dactylos, meaning "finger", referring to the shape of the surstyli.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "ZooBank: Dasydorylas dactylos Motamedinia & Skevington, 2020". ZooBank. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BCE6B5FC-5C25-49C4-8473-F6D662DCE8CF. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 Motamedinia, Behnam; Skevington, Jeffrey H.; Kelso, Scott (2020). "Taxonomic revision of Dasydorylas Skevington, 2001 (Diptera, Pipunculidae) in the Middle East". PeerJ. 8. doi:10.7717/peerj.8511. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 7034381. PMID 32110483.
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