Genus of flies
Pieza is a genus offlies in the familyMythicomyiidae. Its species are found in North America, South America, and the West Indies. The genus was named byNeal Evenhuis in 2002. Evenhuis included the following eleven species, transferring four fromMythicomyia, in his initialcircumscription:
- P. agnastis(Hall, 1976) — Chile (Maule,Santiago)[1]
- P. angusta(Melander, 1961) — United States (California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) and Mexico (Baja California,Jalisco,Sonora,Tamaulipas)[2][3]
- P. deresistansEvenhuis, 2002 — northern Venezuela[4]
- †P. dominicanaEvenhuis, 2002 —Dominican amber, Miocene[5]
- P. flavitibiaEvenhuis, 2002 — northern Venezuela[6]
- P. kakeEvenhuis, 2002 — Brazil (Minas Gerais)[7]
- P. minuta(Greene, 1924) — United States (Arizona, California, New Mexico) and Mexico (Baja California Sur, Sonora)[8][9]
- P. ostenta(Melander, 1961) — United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Texas, Utah) and Mexico (Baja California Sur, Sonora)[10][11]
- P. piEvenhuis, 2002 — Bahamas,Turks and Caicos, Mexico (Morelos)[12]
- P. rheaEvenhuis, 2002 — United States (Florida)[13]
- P. sinclairiEvenhuis, 2002 —Curaçao, Dominican Republic; introduced to Galápagos Islands[14]
As of 2018[update],Pieza still consists of these eleven species.[15]
- ^Evenhuis (2002), pp. 5–6.
- ^Evenhuis (2002), pp. 6–9.
- ^Melander (1961), pp. 180–181.
- ^Evenhuis (2002), pp. 9–10.
- ^Evenhuis (2002), pp. 10–12.
- ^Evenhuis (2002), pp. 12–13.
- ^Evenhuis (2002), pp. 13–14.
- ^Evenhuis (2002), pp. 14–17.
- ^Greene (1924), p. 62.
- ^Evenhuis (2002), pp. 17–19.
- ^Melander (1961), p. 236.
- ^Evenhuis (2002), pp. 19–21.
- ^Evenhuis (2002), pp. 21–22.
- ^Evenhuis (2002), pp. 22–25.
- ^Pape, Thomas; Thompson, F. Christian (13 June 2013)."Systema Dipterorum". 1.5. Natural History Museum of Denmark. Retrieved28 September 2018.
