''Peodes'' 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 ...

, with three known species from the

Palaearctic realm The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

Species

The following three species are included in the genus: * '' Peodes forcipatus'' Loew, 1857 – Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (

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Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Ural), Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland * ''

Peodes petsamoensis ''Peodes'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, with three known species from the Palaearctic realm. Species The following three species are included in the genus: * '' Peodes forcipatus'' Loew, 1857 – Austria, Czech Republic, Fr ...

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, 1930 – Czech Republic, Russia (

Murmansk Oblast Murmansk Oblast (russian: Му́рманская о́бласть, p=ˈmurmənskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Murmanskaya oblast, ''Murmanskaya oblast''; Kildin Sami: Мурман е̄ммьне, ''Murman jemm'ne'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of ...

) * ''

Peodes yeniseiensis ''Peodes'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, with three known species from the Palaearctic realm. Species The following three species are included in the genus: * '' Peodes forcipatus'' Loew, 1857 – Austria, Czech Republic, Fr ...

'' Grichanov, 2012 – Russia ( Taymyr) Unrecognised species: * "''Peodes''" ''nicobarensis'' Schiner, 1868 –

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; considered a member of

Sympycninae Sympycninae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Genera *'' Anepsiomyia'' Bezzi, 1902 (Diaphorinae or Sympycninae) *'' Brevimyia'' Miller, 1945 *'' Calyxochaetus'' Bigot, 1888 *'' Campsicnemus'' Haliday in Walker, 1851 *'' C ...

Peloropeodinae Peloropeodinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. According to Germann ''et al.'' (2011), the subfamily is polyphyletic. Genera *'' Acropsilus'' Mik, 1878 (unplaced in Dolichopodidae) *'' Alishanimyia'' Bickel, 2007 *'' Chr ...

References

Hydrophorinae Dolichopodidae genera Diptera of Europe Taxa named by Hermann Loew {{Dolichopodidae-stub