| Coquena | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Acroceridae |
| Subfamily: | Panopinae |
| Genus: | Coquena Schlinger in Schlinger, Gillung & Borkent, 2013 |
| Type species | |
| Coquena stangei Schlinger in Schlinger, Gillung & Borkent, 2013 | |
Coquena is a genus of small-headed fly found in Argentina and Chile. It was first established by Evert I. Schlinger in 2013.
The genus is named after the Coquena legend of north-western Argentina. The type species, Coquena stangei, is named after Dr. Lionel A. Stange, who collected the type series.[1]
Species
The genus includes two species:[2]
- Coquena coquimbensis González & Ramírez, 2021 – Chile
- Coquena stangei Schlinger in Schlinger, Gillung & Borkent, 2013 – Argentina
References
- ↑ Schlinger, Evert I.; Gillung, Jessica P.; Borkent, Christopher J. (2013). "New spider flies from the Neotropical Region (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to New World genera". ZooKeys (270): 59–93. doi:10.3897/zookeys.270.4476. PMC 3668421. PMID 23730188.
- ↑ González, Christian R.; Ramírez, Francisco (2021). "Una especie nueva de Coquena (Diptera: Acroceridae) de Chile central con una clave para los géneros chilenos de Panopinae". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad (in Spanish). 92: e923640. doi:10.22201/ib.20078706e.2021.92.3640.
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