Terpsimyia

Terpsimyia is a genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae.^[1][3] It is known from the Indomalayan realm, and contains only one species, Terpsimyia semicincta, known from Taiwan and Thailand.^[4]

Terpsimyia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Diaphorinae
Genus:	Terpsimyia Dyte, 1975[1]
Species:	T. semicincta
Binomial name
Terpsimyia semicincta (Becker, 1922)[2]
Synonyms
Genus Hadroscelus Becker, 1922 (nec Quendenfeldt, 1885)[2] Species Hadroscelus semicinctus Becker, 1922[2]

The genus was originally named Hadroscelus by Theodor Becker in 1922. However, this name was preoccupied by Hadroscelus Quendenfeldt, 1885, so the genus was renamed to Terpsimyia by C. E. Dyte in 1975.