Dasydorylas eucalypti

Dasydorylas eucalypti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Pipunculidae
Subfamily: Pipunculinae
Tribe: Eudorylini
Genus: Dasydorylas
Species:
D. eucalypti
Binomial name
Dasydorylas eucalypti
(Perkins, 1905)
Synonyms

Dasydorylas eucalypti is a species of fly in the family Pipunculidae.[1] It was first described by Robert Cyril Layton Perkins in 1905 as Pipunculus eucalypti.[2]

Taxonomy

Pipunculus eucalypti was designated as the type species of the genus Dasydorylas when the genus was described by Skevington and Yeates in 2001.[3]

Distribution

Dasydorylas eucalypti is known from Australia. The original specimen was recorded from Bundaberg, Queensland, where it was bred from a jassid nymph on Eucalyptus.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Dasydorylas eucalypti (Perkins, 1905)". GBIF. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  2. ↑ Perkins, R. C. L. (1905). "Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Part IV. Pipunculidae". Report of Work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Division of Entomology. 1: 119–157, pls. 5–7. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  3. ↑ Skevington, J. H.; Yeates, D. K. (2001). "Phylogenetic classification of Eudorylini (Diptera: Pipunculidae)". Systematic Entomology. 26 (4): 421–452. doi:10.1046/j.0307-6970.2001.00160.x.
  4. ↑ Perkins, Robert Cyril Layton (1905). "Leaf-hoppers and their natural enemies. Part IV. Pipunculidae". Report of Work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Division of Entomology. 1: 119–157. Retrieved 7 June 2026 – via Internet Archive.