''Aphasmaphleps'' is a genus of
flies in the family
Dolichopodidae from the
Afrotropical realm
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
. The genus was first described by
Igor Grichanov
Igor Yakovlevich Grichanov (russian: link=no, Игорь Яковлевич Гричанов; born 10 September 1958) is a Russian entomologist and ecologist. As a taxonomist, he specialised on Diptera notably Dolichopodidae. He joined the staff ...
in 2010. The name ''Aphasmaphleps'' refers to the genus ''
Phasmaphleps
''Phasmaphleps'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the western Pacific. It contains only one species, ''Phasmaphleps pacifica'', which occurs in the Samoan Islands, Tonga, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Palau
P ...
'', which was originally considered to be closely related to it.
According to Capellari & Grichanov (2012), ''Aphasmaphleps'' more closely resembles ''
Asyndetus'' and ''
Cryptophleps
''Cryptophleps'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Species
*'' Cryptophleps atollensis'' Bickel, 1996
*'' Cryptophleps buala'' Bickel, 2006
*'' Cryptophleps bucculenta'' Bickel, 2006
*'' Cryptophleps buttikeri'' Grichanov, 201 ...
''.
Species
The genus contains four species:
* ''
Aphasmaphleps bandia''
Grichanov, 2010
* ''
Aphasmaphleps bickeli
''Aphasmaphleps'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Afrotropical realm. The genus was first described by Igor Grichanov in 2010. The name ''Aphasmaphleps'' refers to the genus ''Phasmaphleps'', which was originally consi ...
''
Capellari & Grichanov, 2012
* ''
Aphasmaphleps paulyi''
Capellari & Grichanov, 2012
* ''
Aphasmaphleps stuckenbergi''
Capellari & Grichanov, 2012
References
Dolichopodidae genera
Diaphorinae
Diptera of Africa
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