''Chrysotus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is one of the largest genera in the subfamily

Diaphorinae Diaphorinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Genera *'' Acropsilus'' Mik, 1878 (unplaced in Dolichopodidae) *'' Anepsiomyia'' Bezzi, 1902 (Diaphorinae or Sympycninae) *'' Nematoproctus'' Loew, 1857 (Diaphorinae or Rhaphii ...

, with more than 460 species. However, the genus is probably

paraphyletic In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...

, and possibly even polyphyletic, with respect to several related genera such as ''

Achradocera ''Achradocera'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is distributed in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms as well as in Polynesia. Several Afrotropical species were also placed in the genus, but in 2018 they were transferred to ...

Falbouria ''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 ''Fal ...

and

Lyroneurus ''Lyroneurus'' is a genus or subgenus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Its rank is not currently certain; it has variously been placed as its own genus or as a subgenus of '' Diaphorus''. More recently, it has been suggested by Pollet et ...

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File:Chrysotus sp - 2012-07-22.webm, ''Chrysotus'' sp. on coarse woody debris

Subgenera and species groups

The genus has two subgenera: * ''Angiopus'' Meuffels & Grootaert, 1996 – includes only ''C. halteratus'' * ''Chrysotus'' Meigen, 1824 – all other species are placed in this subgenus, split into many species groups and subgroups: ** ''C. albipalpus'' species group ** ''C. cilipes'' species group – Palaearctic ** ''C. javanensis'' species group ** ''C. laesus'' species group (22 species) – Palaearctic +

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*** ''C. adunatus'' species subgroup (1) – includes only ''C. adunatus'' *** ''C. brevicercus'' species subgroup (12) *** ''C. nudisetus'' species subgroup (5) *** ''C. laesus'' species subgroup (3) *** ''C. trapezinus'' species subgroup (1) – includes only ''C. trapezinus'' ** ''C. leigongshanus'' species group (59 species) –

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*** ''C. apicibifidus'' species subgroup (22) *** ''C. apicirotundus'' species subgroup (9) *** ''C. apicisetosus'' species subgroup (9) *** ''C. chishuiensis'' species subgroup (10) *** ''C. comminus'' species subgroup (2) *** ''C. daozhenus'' species subgroup (3) *** 4 unplaced species ** ''C. longipalpus'' species group (12 species) ** ''C. mediotinctus'' species group (5 species) –

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** ''C. niger'' (?) species group ** ''C. papuanus'' species group (107 species) –

*** ''C. abatus'' species subgroup (14) *** ''C. abdominus'' species subgroup (88) *** ''C. araeobasus'' species subgroup (3) *** ''C. papuanus'' species subgroup (1) – includes only ''C. papuanus'' *** ''C. zhuae'' species subgroup (1) – includes only ''C. zhuae'' ** ''C. philtrum'' species group

References

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Subgenera and species groups

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