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Argyra

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| image = Argyra diaphana, North Wales, May 2012 (16895079451).jpg

| image_caption = Argyra diaphana

| taxon = Argyra

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| authority = Macquart, 1834

| type_species = Musca diaphana

| type_species_authority = Fabricius, 1775

| synonyms = *Porphyrops Meigen, 1824
(name suppressed){{cite journal|author=ICZN|author-link=International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature|year=2014|title=Opinion 2348 (Case 3591) Argyra Macquart, 1834 (Insecta, Diptera, dolichopodidae): the name conserved|journal=Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature|volume=71|issue=4|pages=267–268|quote=The Commission has conserved under the plenary power the generic name Argyra Macquart, 1834 (Diptera, dolichopodidae) for a widely distributed and well-established genus of dolichopodid flies by suppressing Porphyrops Meigen, 1824.|doi=10.21805/bzn.v71i4.a5|s2cid=81398101|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/378148 }}

  • Porphirops Macquart, 1838
    (unjustified emendation of Porphyrops)    {{cite journal|first1=Neal L.|last1=Evenhuis|first2=Thomas|last2=Pape|first3=Adrian C.|last3=Pont|year=2016|title=Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part V: Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart|url=https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/download/zootaxa.4172.1.1/23295|format=PDF|journal=Zootaxa|volume=4172|issue=1|pages=1–211|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4172.1.1|pmid=27701208|doi-access=free}}
  • Leucostola Loew, 1857{{cite journal|last1=Loew|first1=Hermann|title=Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Dipteren. Fünfter Beitrag|journal=Programm der Königlichen Realschule zu Meseritz|date=1857|pages=1–56|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/176855#page/204/mode/1up|access-date=8 July 2018}}{{cite book|author=Grichanov, I. Ya|year=1999|title=A check list of Genera of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera)|pages=327–332pp|publisher=Studia Dipterologica}}
  • Lasiargyra Mik, 1878{{cite journal|last1=Mik|first1=Josef|title=Dipterologische Untersuchungen|journal=Jahresber. K. K. Akad. Gymnasium|date=1878|pages=1–24, 1 pl}}

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Argyra is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.{{cite journal |first1=D'Assis |last1=E. C. M. |title=Dolichopodidae (Diptera, Orthorrhapha, Brachycera) |journal=Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects |date=1978 |volume=9 |issue=5 |pages=1–90 |url=https://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/Vol09_Part05.pdf |access-date=7 July 2018 |location=London |archive-date=26 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426111210/https://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/Vol09_Part05.pdf |url-status=dead }} The name "Argyra" comes from the Greek word for "silver", referring to the silver pruinescence found on the males of many of the species.{{cite web|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/430856|title=Genus Argyra|website=BugGuide.net|access-date=2019-07-30}}

Species

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The following extinct species were originally placed in Argyra, but are currently considered unplaced in Dolichopodidae:{{cite journal|last1=Grichanov|first1=I. Ya.|last2=Negrobov|first2=O. P.|last3=Selivanova|first3=O. V.|year=2014|title=Two new genera of Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Baltic amber and some new combinations|url=http://kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/REJ/23/ent23_1_061_070_Grichanov_for_Inet.pdf|journal=Russian Entomological Journal|volume=23|issue=1|pages=61–70|doi=10.15298/rusentj.23.1.08}}

  • †Argyra debellata Meunier, 1907
  • †Argyra debilis Meunier, 1907
  • †Argyra deceptoria Meunier, 1907

Other unrecognised species:{{cite journal|first=Igor Ya.|last=Grichanov|year=2017|title=Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). 2nd ed.|url=http://vizr.spb.ru/assets/docs/vestnik/sup/Grichanov%202017%20Dolibank-sec.pdf|journal=Plant Protection News, Supplements|publisher=All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR)|place=St.Petersburg|issue=23|doi=10.5281/zenodo.884863}}

  • Argyra diaphana (Fabricius, 1805) (junior homonym of Argyra diaphana (Fabricius, 1775))
  • Argyra festivus Meigen, 1838
  • Argyra spinipes (Meigen, 1830)
  • Argyra spinipes Doleschall, 1856 (homonym of above)

The following species were renamed:

References

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Category:Dolichopodidae genera

Category:Diaphorinae

Category:Taxa named by Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart