Meigenielloides
Townsend, 1919
Meigenielloides is a of established by Townsend in 1919. It contains a single known , Meigenielloides cinerea, described from Mexico. As a member of the tribe Blondeliini within the Exoristinae, it belongs to a group of flies that attack other .
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Meigenielloides: /maɪˌdʒɛˈniːɛloɪdiːz/
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Distribution
Mexico. The is known only from the locality of its single described .
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Taxonomic history
The was erected by Charles Howard Townsend in 1919, a prolific dipterist who described numerous genera. The name honors Johann Wilhelm Meigen, a foundational figure in dipterology, with the diminutive suffix '-elloides'.
Species diversity
Only one , Meigenielloides cinerea Townsend, 1919, has been formally described. The remains poorly known, with minimal subsequent taxonomic study and only one observation recorded in iNaturalist as of the knowledge cutoff.