Pilbara octava
| Pilbara octava | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Sciapodinae |
| Tribe: | Sciapodini |
| Genus: | Bickel, 1994[1] |
| Species: | P. octava
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| Binomial name | |
| Pilbara octava Bickel, 1994[1]
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Pilbara octava is a species of fly in the family Dolichopodidae from Australia, and the only member of the genus Pilbara.[2] The genus is named after the Pilbara region of Western Australia, where P. octava was found.[1] In particular, the only known location of P. octava is at Millstream, Fortescue River.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Bickel, D. J. (1994). "The Australian Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a review of the Oriental and Australasian faunas, and a world conspectus of the subfamily" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement. 21: 1–394. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.21.1994.50. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ Evenhius, N. L. (17 April 2016). "Family Dolichopodidae". In Evenhius, N. L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ Bickel, D. J. (15 January 2014). "19 New Long-legged Flies from the Pilbara Region in Western Australia". Australian Museum. Retrieved 17 April 2018.