''Olegonegrobovia'' 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 ...
, known from
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
. It is named after the Russian entomologist
Oleg Negrobov
Oleg Pavlovich Negrobov (russian: link=no, Олег Павлович Негробов; 22 November 1941, Voronezh – 8 January 2021) was a Russian entomologist, Professor, doctor of science (biology) from Voronezh. He studied in Voronezh State Un ...
.
It was synonymised with ''
Teuchophorus'' by Meuffels & Grootaert in 2004,
but is considered a separate genus by
Grichanov & Mostovski (2008).
Species
* ''
Olegonegrobovia barkalovi''
Grichanov, 1995
* ''
Olegonegrobovia couturieri''
Grichanov, 2000
* ''
Olegonegrobovia daugeroni''
Grichanov, 2000
* ''
Olegonegrobovia longicauda''
Grichanov, 2000
* ''
Olegonegrobovia pappi''
Grichanov, 1996
* ''
Olegonegrobovia zlobini''
Grichanov, 1995
References
Dolichopodidae genera
Sympycninae
Diptera of Africa
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