''Chalarus'' 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 ...
belonging to the family
Pipunculidae
Pipunculidae is a family of flies (Diptera) commonly termed big-headed flies, a reference to the large (holoptic) eyes, which cover nearly the entire head. The family is found worldwide and more than 1300 species have been described.
The larvae ...
.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
Species
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Chalarus absonus''
Rafael, 1990
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Chalarus amazonensis''
Rafael, 1988
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Chalarus angustifrons''
Morakote, 1990
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Chalarus argenteus''
Coe, 1966
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Chalarus basalis''
Loew, 1873
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Chalarus beijingensis''
Yang & Xu, 1998
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Chalarus brevicaudis''
Jervis, 1992
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Chalarus chilensis''
Collin, 1931
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Chalarus clarus''
Jervis, 1992
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Chalarus connexus''
Rafael, 1988
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Chalarus decorus''
Jervis, 1992
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Chalarus delicatus''
Rafael, 1990
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Chalarus elegantulus''
Jervis, 1992
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Chalarus exiguus''
( Haliday, 1833)
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Chalarus fimbriatus''
Coe, 1966
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Chalarus flosculus''
Morakote, 1990
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Chalarus griseus''
Coe, 1966
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Chalarus gynocephalus''
Jervis, 1992
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Chalarus holosericeus''
( Meigen, 1824)
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Chalarus immanus''
Kehlmaier, 2008
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Chalarus indistinctus''
Jervis, 1992
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Chalarus irwini''
Skevington & Kehlmaier, 2008
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Chalarus juliae''
Jervis, 1992
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Chalarus latifrons''
Hardy, 1943
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Chalarus lenkoi''
Rafael, 1990
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Chalarus leticiae''
Kehlmaier, 2003
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Chalarus longicaudis
''Chalarus longicaudis'' is a species of fly in the family Pipunculidae.
Distribution
Belgium, France, Sweden, Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an ...
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Jervis, 1992
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Chalarus magnalus''
Morakote, 1990
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Chalarus marki''
Kehlmaier, 2008
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Chalarus orientalis''
Jervis, 1985
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Chalarus parmenteri''
Coe, 1966
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Chalarus perplexus''
Jervis, 1992
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Chalarus polychaetus''
Huo & Yang, 2011
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Chalarus proprius''
Jervis, 1992
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Chalarus pughi''
Coe, 1966
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Chalarus rectifrons''
Morakote, 1990
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Chalarus saxonicus''
Kehlmaier, 2008
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Chalarus spurius''
( Fallén, 1816)
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Chalarus trilineatus''
Jervis, 1985
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Chalarus triramosus''
Rafael, 1990
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Chalarus unilacertus''
Morakote, 1990
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Chalarus velutinus''
(Cresson ''Cresson'' is the French word for ''watercress''. It may refer to:
; Places
* Battle of Cresson, a small battle fought on May 1, 1187, in what now is Israel, near Nazareth
* Cresson, Pennsylvania, a United States borough
* Cressona, Pennsylvania, ...
, 1911)
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Chalarus xanthopodus''
Rafael, 1990
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Chalarus zanganus''
Yang & Xu, 1987
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Chalarus zlobini''
Kuznetzov, 1990
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Chalarus zyginae''
Jervis, 1992
References
Pipunculidae
Brachycera genera
Diptera of Europe
Diptera of Asia
Diptera of North America
Diptera of South America
Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
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