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Checklist for Family Dolichopodidae Latreille, 1809 (Long legged flies)
and region Senegal (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
338
3017
6558
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
336
3014
6554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
323
2967
6456
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
205
2384
5604
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
57
335
686
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
45
270
417
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
75
125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
3
17
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly
10
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Senegal
10 Genera with 11 Species
Acropsilus Mik, 1878
0SpeciesTaxom
Aphrosylus Haliday, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Chrysosoma Guérin-Ménev..., 19273SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopus Latreille, 1866Long-legged flies2SpeciesTaxom
Lichtwardtia Enderlein, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Medetera Fischer von ..., 20001SpeciesTaxom
Sybistroma Meigen, 1824
0SpeciesTaxom
Tachytrechus Haliday, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Thinophilus Wahlberg, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Thrypticus Gerstäcker, 18691SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Senegal
11 Species
Aphrosylus gioiellae Rampini & Mu..., 1987
Aphrosylus giordanii Rampini & Mu..., 1987
Chrysosoma gemmeum Walker, 1849
Chrysosoma senegalense Macquart, 1834
Chrysosoma tenuipenne Curran, 1927
Dolichopus angularis Macquart, 1842
Dolichopus platyprosopus (Loew, 1866)⇒ Dolichopus incisuralis Loew, 1861
Medetera africana Grichanov, 2000
Tachytrechus tessellatus Macquart, 1842
Thinophilus (Thinophilus) prudens Lindner, 1937
Thrypticus bellus Loew, 1869

Subnodes of Dolichopodidae with occurrences in Senegal
SubfamilyDolichopodinae
Latreille, 1809
4
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHydrophorinae
Lioy, 1864
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMedeterinae
Lioy, 1864
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPeloropeodinae
Robinson, 1970
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySciapodinae
Becker, 1917
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom



Dolichopodidae (Latreille 1809)
Dolichopodidae (Latreille 1809)


Links, sources and further information
Dolichopodidae at artfakta.se
Dolichopodidae at dyntaxa.se
Dolichopodidae at gbif.org
Dolichopodidae at irmng.org
Dolichopodidae at itis.gov
Dolichopodidae at marinespecies.org