Elmoia
{{short description|Genus of flies}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Elmoia
| authority = Evenhuis, 2005{{cite journal|last1=Evenhuis|first1=Neal L.|title=A review of the genera comprising species of the genus Eurynogaster sensu Hardy & Kohn, 1964 in Hawai'i (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)|journal=Zootaxa|date=2005|volume=1017|issue=1|pages=39–60|url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2005f/z01017p060f.pdf |accessdate=4 March 2017|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1017.1.5}}
| type_species = Chrysotus saxatilis
| type_species_authority = Grimshaw, 1901
}}
Elmoia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, endemic to Hawaii. It is part of the Eurynogaster complex of genera.{{cite journal|first1=Kari Roesch|last1=Goodman|first2=Neal|last2=Evenhuis|first3=Pavla|last3=Bartošová-Sojková|first4=Patrick Michael|last4=O'Grady|year=2016|title=Multiple, independent colonizations of the Hawaiian Archipelago by the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera)|journal=PeerJ|volume=4|page=e2704|doi=10.7717/peerj.2704|doi-access=free|pmc=5119231|pmid=27896033}} The genus is named in honor of D. Elmo Hardy.
Species
- Elmoia bullata (Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
- Elmoia exartema (Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
- Elmoia hamata (Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
- Elmoia lanceolata (Tenorio, 1969){{cite book|first=JoAnn M.|last=Tenorio|year=1969|chapter=Genus Eurynogaster|title=Diptera: Dolichopodidae. Appendix (Phoridae)|chapter-url=https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/7341/1/IOH-V11%20Supplement.pdf|editor-last=Zimmermann|editor-first=Elwood C.|series=Insects of Hawaii|volume=11, Supplement|pages=40–63}}
- Elmoia multispinosa (Hardy & Kohn, 1964)
- Elmoia nigrohalterata (Parent, 1939){{cite journal|last1=Parent|first1=L.O.|title=Dolichopodides des Iles Hawaii recuellis par Monsieur FX. Wiliams, principalement au cours de l'annee|journal=Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society|date=1939|volume=10|issue=2|pages=225–249|url=http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/15986/PHES10_225-249.pdf?sequence=1|accessdate=8 July 2015}}
- Elmoia saxatilis (Grimshaw, 1901)
- Elmoia viridifacies (Parent, 1938){{cite journal|last1=Parent|first1=O.|title=Quelques dipteres dolichopodides des Iles Hawaii|journal=Konowia|date=1938|volume=16|pages=209–219|url=http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/KON_16_0209-0219.pdf|accessdate=5 October 2015}}
References
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Category:Dolichopodidae genera
Category:Endemic fauna of Hawaii
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