''Acropsilus'' is a genus of
flies
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...
in the family
Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera. The genus ''Dolichopus'' is the most speciose, with some 600 species.
Dolichopodidae generally are ...
.
It is unplaced in the family,
having been placed variously in subfamilies such as
Sympycninae
Sympycninae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Genera
*'' Anepsiomyia'' Bezzi, 1902 (Diaphorinae or Sympycninae)
*'' Brevimyia'' Miller, 1945
*'' Calyxochaetus'' Bigot, 1888
*'' Campsicnemus'' Haliday in Walker, 1851
*'' C ...
or
Peloropeodinae
Peloropeodinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. According to Germann ''et al.'' (2011), the subfamily is polyphyletic.
Genera
*'' Acropsilus'' Mik, 1878 (unplaced in Dolichopodidae)
*'' Alishanimyia'' Bickel, 2007
*'' Chr ...
. It is superficially similar to the
Medeterinae
Medeterinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Genera
*'' Atlatlia'' Bickel, 1986
*'' Cryptopygiella'' Robinson, 1975
*'' Dominicomyia'' Robinson, 1975
*'' Grootaertia'' Grichanov, 1999
*'' Hurleyella'' Runyon & Robinson, 201 ...
.
Species
The genus contains 30 species:
*''
Acropsilus albitibia''
Bickel, 1998
*''
Acropsilus boharti
''Acropsilus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is unplaced in the family, having been placed variously in subfamilies such as Sympycninae or Peloropeodinae. It is superficially similar to the Medeterinae.
Species
The genus c ...
''
Bickel, 1998
*''
Acropsilus brevitalus''
(Parent
A parent is a caregiver of the offspring in their own species. In humans, a parent is the caretaker of a child (where "child" refers to offspring, not necessarily age). A ''biological parent'' is a person whose gamete resulted in a child, a male t ...
, 1937)
*''
Acropsilus colmani''
Bickel, 1998
*''
Acropsilus eburneensis''
Couturier, 1978
*''
Acropsilus errabundus
''Acropsilus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is unplaced in the family, having been placed variously in subfamilies such as Sympycninae or Peloropeodinae. It is superficially similar to the Medeterinae.
Species
The genus c ...
''
Lamb, 1922
*''
Acropsilus guangdongensis
''Acropsilus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is unplaced in the family, having been placed variously in subfamilies such as Sympycninae or Peloropeodinae. It is superficially similar to the Medeterinae.
Species
The genus c ...
''
Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007
*''
Acropsilus guangxiensis
''Acropsilus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is unplaced in the family, having been placed variously in subfamilies such as Sympycninae or Peloropeodinae. It is superficially similar to the Medeterinae.
Species
The genus c ...
''
Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007
*''
Acropsilus igori''
Negrobov, 1984
*''
Acropsilus jinxiuensis''
Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007
*''
Acropsilus kuranda''
Bickel, 1998
*''
Acropsilus luoxiangensis''
Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007
*''
Acropsilus malaita''
Bickel, 1998
*''
Acropsilus maprik''
Bickel, 1998
*''
Acropsilus minutulus''
(Vanschuytbroeck, 1951)
*''
Acropsilus minutus''
Hollis, 1964
*''
Acropsilus niger
''Acropsilus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is unplaced in the family, having been placed variously in subfamilies such as Sympycninae or Peloropeodinae. It is superficially similar to the Medeterinae.
Species
The genus c ...
''
( Loew, 1869)[
*'' Acropsilus nigricornis'' Bickel, 1998
*'']Acropsilus olegi
''Acropsilus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is unplaced in the family, having been placed variously in subfamilies such as Sympycninae or Peloropeodinae. It is superficially similar to the Medeterinae.
Species
The genus c ...
'' Grichanov, 1998Parent
A parent is a caregiver of the offspring in their own species. In humans, a parent is the caretaker of a child (where "child" refers to offspring, not necessarily age). A ''biological parent'' is a person whose gamete resulted in a child, a male t ...
, 1937)Robinson Robinson may refer to:
People and names
* Robinson (name)
Fictional characters
* Robinson Crusoe, the main character, and title of a novel by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719
Geography
* Robinson projection, a map projection used since the 1960s ...
, 1963
*'' Acropsilus putosa'' Bickel, 1998
*'' Acropsilus stekolnikovi'' Grichanov, 1998
References
Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae genera
Diptera of Europe
Diptera of Asia
Diptera of Australasia
Diptera of Africa
Taxa named by Josef Mik
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