''Dolichophorus'' is a genus of
flies in the family
Dolichopodidae.
[ A 2011 phylogenetic analysis of '' Medetera'' and related genera found that ''Dolichophorus'' is closely related to the ''Medetera aberrans'' and ''Medetera melanesiana'' species groups, rendering the genus ''Medetera'' ]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 ...
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Species
*'' Dolichophorus caucasicus'' Grichanov, 2009[
*'' Dolichophorus luteoscutatus'' ( Parent, 1936)]
References
Dolichopodidae genera
Medeterinae
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