Phasmaphleps

Phasmaphleps is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the western Pacific.^[1] It contains only one species, Phasmaphleps pacifica, which occurs in the Samoan Islands, Tonga, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Palau.

Phasmaphleps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Diaphorinae
Genus:	Phasmaphleps Bickel, 2005[1]
Species:	P. pacifica
Binomial name
Phasmaphleps pacifica Bickel, 2005[1]

The generic name is derived from the Greek words phasma ("ghost" or "phantom") and phleps ("tube" or "vein"), referring to the absence of vein M just beyond the dm-cu crossvein in the fly's wings. The specific epithet refers to the species' wide distribution on islands in the Pacific Ocean.^[1]