Coquena
Coquena is a genus of small-headed fly. It contains only one species, Coquena stangei, described by Schlinger in 2013. It is found in Argentina.
| Coquena | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Acroceridae |
| Subfamily: | Panopinae |
| Genus: | Coquena Schlinger in Schlinger, Gillung & Borkent, 2013 |
| Species: | C. stangei |
| Binomial name | |
| Coquena stangei Schlinger in Schlinger, Gillung & Borkent, 2013 | |
The genus is named after the Coquena legend of north-western Argentina. The species is named after Dr. Lionel A. Stange, who collected the type series.[1]
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.
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