Piezura

Piezura
	Piezura graminicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Fanniidae
Genus:	Piezura; Róndani, 1866
Synonyms
	Platycoenosia Strobl; Choristomma Stein;

Piezura is a small genus of small flies of the family Fanniidae. Distribution is mostly restricted to the Holarctic biogeographic region.[1] Two species, P. boletorum and P. graminicola are found in Europe.[2] Unlike the other Fanniidae, Piezura have plumose arista.

Species

P. boletorum (Róndani, 1866)
P. graminicola (Zetterstedt, 1846)
P. nearctica Chillcott, 1961
P. nigrigenus Nishida, 1975 [3]
P. pardalina Róndani, 1866
P. pardalina shanxiensis Xue, 1999

References

Moores, A.; Savage, J. (2005). A taxonomic revision of Piezura Rondani (Diptera: Fanniidae). Zootaxa 1096. pp. 41–59 pp.
Rozkosny, R.; Gregor, F.; Pont, A.C. (1997). The European Fanniidae (Diptera). Institute of Landscape Ecology. pp. 1–80.
Nishida, K. (1975). "Studies on the species of Fanniinae (Diptera: Muscidae) from Japan. III. Description of Piezura nigrigenus sp. nov. and Fannia japonica amamiensis subsp. nov. and redescription of Platycoenosia mikii Strobl, 1894". J. Jap. sanit. Zool. 26 (1): 21–24.

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[1] Moores, A.; Savage, J. (2005). A taxonomic revision of Piezura Rondani (Diptera: Fanniidae). Zootaxa 1096. pp. 41–59 pp.

[2] Rozkosny, R.; Gregor, F.; Pont, A.C. (1997). The European Fanniidae (Diptera). Institute of Landscape Ecology. pp. 1–80.

[Nishida1975-3] Nishida, K. (1975). "Studies on the species of Fanniinae (Diptera: Muscidae) from Japan. III. Description of Piezura nigrigenus sp. nov. and Fannia japonica amamiensis subsp. nov. and redescription of Platycoenosia mikii Strobl, 1894". J. Jap. sanit. Zool. 26 (1): 21–24.