''Filatopus'' 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 known from

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and

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. The genus was originally known as ''Nematopus'', named by

Octave Parent Abbé Octave Parent (15 June 1882, in Trescault – 9 February 1942, in Ambleteuse) was a French entomologist who specialized in Diptera, mostly the family Dolichopodidae. He became director of the Biological Station, Ambleteuse. He published thre ...

in 1933. Later, David Miller found the name to be preoccupied by ''Nematopus'' (Berthold, 1827), and renamed it to ''Filatopus'' in 1945. However, as ''Nematopus'' was not designated a type species, the name ''Filatopus'' was unavailable until 1970, when

Harold E. Robinson Harold Ernest Robinson (May 22, 1932 – December 17, 2020) was an American botanist and entomologist. Career Robinson's specialty was the sunflower family (Asteraceae) and the bryophytes. He has named or described over 2,800 new species and ...

designated ''Nematopus ciliatus'' as the type species.

Species

* '' Filatopus ciliatus'' (

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, 1933) * '' Filatopus mirabilis'' (

, 1933) * '' Filatopus nigripalpis'' (Van Duzee, 1930) * '' Filatopus ornatus'' (

, 1933)

References

Sympycninae Dolichopodidae genera Diptera of New Zealand Diptera of South America Taxa named by Harold E. Robinson {{Dolichopodidae-stub