Peloropeodinae is a subfamily 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 ...
. According to Germann ''et al.'' (2011), the subfamily is
polyphyletic
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage of organisms or other evolving elements that is of mixed evolutionary origin. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as homoplasies, which are explained as a result of converg ...
.
Genera
*''
Acropsilus''
Mik, 1878 (unplaced in Dolichopodidae)
*''
Alishanimyia''
Bickel, 2007
*''
Chrysotimus''
Loew, 1857
*''
Cremmus''
Wei, 2006
*''
Discopygiella''
Robinson Robinson may refer to:
People and names
* Robinson (name)
Fictional characters
* Robinson Crusoe, the main character, and title of a novel by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719
Geography
* Robinson projection, a map projection used since the 1960 ...
, 1965
*''
Fedtshenkomyia''
Stackelberg __NOTOC__
Stackelberg is a surname, mainly known as the surname of a noble family of Baltic German descent (see Stackelberg family). Notable people with the surname include:
A
* Adolphe Stackelberg (1822–1871), Swedish count and Christian reviv ...
, 1927
*''
Griphophanes''
Grootaert & Meuffels, 1998
*''
Guzeriplia''
Negrobov, 1968 (possibly a synonym of ''Chrysotimus'')
*''
Hadromerella''
De Meijere, 1916
*''
Meuffelsia''
Grichanov, 2008
*''
Micromorphus''
Mik, 1878
*''
Nanomyina''
Robinson Robinson may refer to:
People and names
* Robinson (name)
Fictional characters
* Robinson Crusoe, the main character, and title of a novel by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719
Geography
* Robinson projection, a map projection used since the 1960 ...
, 1964
*''
Neochrysotimus''
Yang, Saigusa & Masunaga, 2008
*''
Nepalomyia''
Hollis, 1964
*†''
Palaeomedeterus''
Meunier, 1895
*''
Peloropeodes''
Wheeler
Wheeler may refer to:
Places United States
* Wheeler, Alabama, an unincorporated community
* Wheeler, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Wheeler, California, an unincorporated community
* Wheeler, Illinois, a village
* Wheeler, Indiana, a ...
, 1890
*''
Pseudoxanthochlorus''
Negrobov, 1977
*''
Vetimicrotes''
Dyte, 1980
The genus ''
Notobothrus''
Parent
A parent is a caregiver of the offspring in their own species. In humans, a parent is the caretaker of a child (where "child" refers to offspring, not necessarily age). A ''biological parent'' is a person whose gamete resulted in a child, a male t ...
, 1931 was formerly included in the subfamily, but was excluded from it and provisionally left ''incertae sedis'' within the family Dolichopodidae in 2020.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q21222327
Dolichopodidae subfamilies
Taxa named by Harold E. Robinson