Falbouria
Introduction '''''Falbouria''''' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains only one species, '''''Falbouria acorensis''''', which is endemic to the Azores. The genus was originally named ''Balfouria'' by Octave Parent in 1933; it was renamed to ''Falbouria'' by C. E. Dyte in 1980, after the name ''Balfouria'' was found to be preoccupied by the snail genus ''Balfouria'' Crosse, 1884.
Systematic position The genus ''Falbouria'' was placed in the tribe Argyrini by Maslova and Negrobov (1996). Later, on re-describing the type species of the genus, Capellari and Amorim (2012) found the genus shares some features with ''Achradocera'', ''Chrysotus'', and ''Lyroneurus'', so they place it in Diaphorini instead. ''Falbouria'' is placed close to ''Chrysotus'' by these authors, but is kept as a separate genus rather than becoming a synonym of ''Chrysotus'' (which is itself paraphyletic).
Distribution ''Falbouria acorensis'' is an endemic species to the Azores. It is known to be present on São Miguel Island. It was historically also recorded from Flores, Faial, Pico and São Jorge islands, though no recent information on the species exists for these islands.
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