Collinias
Jeff Skevington- Collinias fulvicaudus
- Collinias heterostigmus
- Collinias imparilis
- Collinias leechi
- Collinias limitaris
- Collinias vitiensis
- Collinias croceus
- Collinias dolabratus
- Collinias schlingeri
Introduction
This old world genus (Afrotropical, Oriental and Australasian) contains nine valid species.
Characteristics
Collinias are the only pipunculids with an additional cross vein on the third costal section of the wing. Other characters shared only with Microcephalops include a swollen frons, narrow face and narrow discal medial cell (not expanded medially).
References
De Meyer, M. 1996. Revision of the Afrotropical species of Microcephalops De Meyer 1989 and Collinias Aczél 1940 (Diptera Pipunculidae). Tropical Zoology 9: 381-398.
Skevington, J.H. 2006. Revision of Fijian Collinias Aczél (Diptera: Pipunculidae). In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Bickel, D.J. (eds.), Fiji Arthropods V. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 89: 13-43.
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