''Syntormon pallipes'' is a species of fly in the family Dolichopodidae. It is found in the

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and

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realms. In 2019, the

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of ''S. pallipes'' was sequenced, as the first representative of the subfamily

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 ...

. '' Syntormon pseudospicatus'' is sometimes treated as a synonym of ''S. pallipes'', but they are argued by Drake (2020) to be distinct species. A subspecies named ''Syntormon pallipes longistylus'' was described by

Igor Grichanov Igor Yakovlevich Grichanov (russian: link=no, Игорь Яковлевич Гричанов; born 10 September 1958) is a Russian entomologist and ecologist. As a taxonomist, he specialised on Diptera notably Dolichopodidae. He joined the staff ...

from

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

in 2001. In 2020, it was determined that this subspecies was in fact a distinct species, '' Syntormon longistylus''.

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Sympycninae Insects described in 1794 Diptera of Europe Diptera of Asia Diptera of Africa Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius {{dolichopodidae-stub