''Vetimicrotes'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is distributed in the Palaearctic realm. The genus was originally named ''Microtes'' by Theodor Becker in 1918. Afterwards, the name was found to be preoccupied by the grasshopper genus ''

Microtes ''Microtes'' is a genus of North American band-winged grasshoppers in the family Acrididae, and has at least 3 described species in ''Microtes''. Species * ''Microtes helferi'' (Strohecker, 1960) * ''Microtes occidentalis'' (Bruner, 1893) (littl ...

'' (Scudder, 1900), so it was renamed to ''Vetimicrotes'' by C. E. Dyte in 1980. The genus was originally included in 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 ...

, and it has since been placed either in the Dolichopodidae or

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 ...

. A cladistic analysis of Dolichopodinae by Scott E. Brooks in 2005 indicated that ''Vetimicrotes'' did not belong to it, though the systematic position of the genus within the family Dolichopodidae was still unclear.

Species

*''

Vetimicrotes baskunchakensis ''Vetimicrotes'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is distributed in the Palaearctic realm. The genus was originally named ''Microtes'' by Theodor Becker in 1918. Afterwards, the name was found to be preoccupied by the gras ...

'' Grichanov, 2011 *''

Vetimicrotes mediterraneus ''Vetimicrotes'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is distributed in the Palaearctic realm. The genus was originally named ''Microtes'' by Theodor Becker in 1918. Afterwards, the name was found to be preoccupied by the gras ...

'' (

Becker Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany it can also derive from the ...

, 1918) *'' Vetimicrotes nartshukae'' ( Negrobov, 1976)

References

Dolichopodidae genera Peloropeodinae Asilomorph flies of Europe Diptera of Asia {{Dolichopodidae-stub