| Hilara laureae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Empididae |
| Genus: | Hilara |
| Species: | H. laureae |
| Binomial name | |
| Hilara laureae Becker, 1908 | |
Hilara laureae is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. The species was first described from Tenerife in the Canary Islands by Theodor Becker, where it is believed to be endemic.
Etymology
The original spelling given by Becker (1908: 42) is "laureae", with the species epithet possibly reflecting where the species was first found in a "laurel grove" (in original german as "im Lorbeerhain"). However, subsequently many online sources give the spelling of the species epithet as the later alternative "laurae" without any apparent justification.
References
- ^ Becker, Theodor (1908). "Dipteren der Kanarischen Inseln". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 4 (1): 1–180.
- Báez, M. (Nov 1988). "Análisis faunístico de los Dípteros de la laurisilva de Tenerife, Islas Canarias (Insecta, Diptera)" [Faunal analysis of the dipterans of the laurel forests of Tenerife, Canary Islands] (PDF). Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología (in Spanish). 12. Salamanca: 181-208.
- "Hilara laurae Becker, 1908". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
Further reading
External links
Data related to Hilara laureae at Wikispecies
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Hilara laureae | |
| Hilara laurae | |