Alexanderia

Alexanderia[1] is a genus of moth flies in the subfamily Bruchomyiinae. This genus circumscribes species from south-east Asia, with three including the type, transferred from the genus Nemopalpus.

Alexanderia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Psychodoidea
Family: Psychodidae
Subfamily: Bruchomyiinae
Genus: Alexanderia
Wagner & Kvifte, 2018
Synonyms

Nemopalpus (3 species)

Species

Systema Dipterorum includes:[2]

  1. Alexanderia thailandensis Polseela, Wagner, Kvifte, Rulik & Apiwathnisorn, 2018[1]
  2. Alexanderia orientalis (Edwards, 1928) – type species (as Nemopalpus orientalis Edwards)[3]
  3. Alexanderia unicolor (Edwards, 1933) - Borneo[4]
  4. Alexanderia vietnamensis (Quate, 1962)

References
  1. Polseela R, Wagner R, Kvifte GM, Rulik B, Apiwathnasorn C (2018) Revision of Bruchomyiinae (Diptera, Psychodidae) of the Oriental Region, with description of a new genus and species and discussion of putative male/female antagonistic coevolution. Insect Systematics & Evolution 50 (1): 67–82.
  2. Systema Dipterorum search
  3. Edwards FW (1928) Diptera Nematocera from the Federated Malay States Museums. J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 14: 1-139.
  4. Sys. Dipterorum: Nemopalpus unicolor Edwards, 1933
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