''Tenuopus'' 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 the only genus in the subfamily Tenuopodinae, which was created by Igor Grichanov in 2018. The genus was previously placed in the subfamily

Neurigoninae Neurigoninae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Genera * Tribe Coeloglutini Negrobov, 1986 ** '' Coeloglutus'' Aldrich, 1896 ** '' Mberu'' Capellari & Amorim, 2011 ** '' Neotonnoiria'' Robinson, 1970 ** '' Paracoeloglutus'' ...

, and it also shares some features of

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 ...

and

Sciapodinae Sciapodinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Genera * Tribe Mesorhagini Bickel, 1994 ** '' Amesorhaga'' Bickel, 1994 ** '' Mesorhaga'' Schiner, 1868 ** '' Negrobovia'' Bickel, 1994 * Tribe Sciapodini Becker, 1917 ** '' Bi ...

. All species are known from the

Afrotropical realm The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

Species

*'' Tenuopus acrosticalis'' Curran, 1927 *'' Tenuopus birketti'' Grichanov, 2019 *'' Tenuopus bururiensis'' Grichanov, 2018 *'' Tenuopus cognatus''

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, 1934 *'' Tenuopus comorensis'' Grichanov, 2019 *'' Tenuopus erroneus''

, 1934 *'' Tenuopus frontalis'' Curran, 1927 *'' Tenuopus fursovi'' Grichanov, 1996 *'' Tenuopus gorongosaensis'' Grichanov, 2018 *'' Tenuopus guttatus''

, 1939 *'' Tenuopus kononenkoi'' Grichanov, 1996 *'' Tenuopus kirkspriggsi'' Grichanov, 2018 *'' Tenuopus kylei'' Grichanov, 2018 *'' Tenuopus lomholdti'' Grichanov, 2018 *'' Tenuopus maculatus''

, 1931 *'' Tenuopus makarovi'' Grichanov, 2021 *'' Tenuopus ntchisi'' Grichanov, 2000 *'' Tenuopus shcherbakovi'' Grichanov, 1996 *'' Tenuopus soderlundi'' Grichanov, 2018 *'' Tenuopus taitensis'' Grichanov, 2000 *'' Tenuopus unicolor'' (

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, 1914) *''

Tenuopus zverevi ''Tenuopus'' is a genus of fly, flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is the only genus in the subfamily Tenuopodinae, which was created by Igor Grichanov in 2018. The genus was previously placed in the subfamily Neurigoninae, and it also shares ...

'' Grichanov, 1996

References

Dolichopodidae genera Dolichopodidae Diptera of Africa Taxa named by Charles Howard Curran {{Dolichopodidae-stub