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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
754
15371
60267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
750
15333
60124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
715
15096
59373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
442
12146
51799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
111
2035
9021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
87
1588
7081
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
13
444
3080
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Empidoidea
Chvala, 1983
Long-legged Flies
4
112
503
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Long legged flies, Long-legged flies, Long-Legged Fly
63
226
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern Africa
63 Genera with 226 Species
#ACDEGHLMNPRSTX
Achradocera Coquillett, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Acropsilus Mik, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Afrohercostomus Grichanov, 20106SpeciesTaxom
Amblypsilopus Bigot, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Amphithalassius Ulrich, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Aphrosylus Haliday, 1851
0SpeciesTaxom
Asyndetus Loew, 19264SpeciesTaxom
Campsicnemoides Curran, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Campsicnemus Haliday, 18233SpeciesTaxom
Cemocarus Meuffels & G..., 19971SpeciesTaxom
Chrysosoma Guérin-Ménev..., 19338SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotimus Loew, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Chrysotus Meigen, 19455SpeciesTaxom
Condylostylus Bigot, 1922Long-Legged Fly9SpeciesTaxom
Corindia Bickel, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Cryptophleps Lichtwardt, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Cymatopus Kertesz, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Dactylonotus Parent, 18586SpeciesTaxom
Diaphorus Meigen, 19529SpeciesTaxom
Diostracus Loew, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Dolichopus Latreille, 1998Long-legged flies12SpeciesTaxom
Ethioscapus1SpeciesTaxom
Ethiosciapus Bickel, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Grootaertia Grichanov, 20068SpeciesTaxom
Gymnopternus Loew, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Hercostomus Loew, 19999SpeciesTaxom
Hydrophorus Fallen, 19547SpeciesTaxom
Liancalus Loew, 17634SpeciesTaxom
Lichtwardtia Enderlein, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Machaerium Haliday, 1832
0SpeciesTaxom
Medetera Fischer von ..., 191927SpeciesTaxom
Mesorhaga Schiner, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Meuffelsia Grichanov & ..., 2008
0SpeciesTaxom
Microcyrtura Robinson, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Micromorphus Mik, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Neurigona Rondani, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Nurteria Dyte & Smith, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Paracleius Bigot, 20042SpeciesTaxom
Paraclius Loew, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Parathalassius Mik, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Parentia Hardy, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Pelastoneurus Kansensis Al..., 200411SpeciesTaxom
Peodes Loew, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Pindaia Bickel, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Plesiothalassius Ulrich, 19913SpeciesTaxom
Pseudargyrochlamys Grichanov, 2006
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhaphium Meigen, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Schistostoma Becker, 19913SpeciesTaxom
Sciapolina5SpeciesTaxom
Sciapus Zeller, 19244SpeciesTaxom
Sciopolina Curran, 19746SpeciesTaxom
Stolidosoma Becker, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Sympycnus Loew, 19459SpeciesTaxom
Syntomoneura1SpeciesTaxom
Syntormon Loew, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Syntormoneura Curran, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Tachytrechus Haliday, 18427SpeciesTaxom
Tenuopus Curran, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Teuchophorus Loew, 20042SpeciesTaxom
Thinophilus Wahlberg, 192612SpeciesTaxom
Thrypticus Gerstäcker, 20002SpeciesTaxom
Trigonocera Becker, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Xanthochlorus Loew, 18611SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
226 Species and 4 Subspecies
Achradocera africana Parent, 1934
Acropsilus brevitalus Parent, 1937
Acropsilus vorax Curran, 1927
Afrohercostomus argyropus argyropus Loew, 1858
Afrohercostomus argyropus par Parent, 1934
Afrohercostomus caprivi Grichanov, 2004
Afrohercostomus eronis Curran, 1926
Afrohercostomus natalensis Grichanov, 2010
Afrohercostomus stuckenbergi Grichanov, 2010
Amblypsilopus cilifrons Parents, 1937
Amblypsilopus munroi Curran, 1924
Amphithalassius latus Melander, 1902
Amphithalassius piricornis Melander, 1902
Asyndetus crassitarsis Curran, 1926
Asyndetus decaryi Parent, 1929
Asyndetus indifferens Curran, 1926
Asyndetus virgatus Curran, 1926
Campsicnemoides vorax Curran, 1927
Campsicnemus caffer Curran, 1926
Campsicnemus lasiocnemus
Campsicnemus scambus Fallen, 1823
Cemocarus stuckenbergi Grichanov, 1997
Chrysosoma asperum Parent, 1934
Chrysosoma auratum Curran, 1924
Chrysosoma carum Walker, 1849
Chrysosoma ernestum Curran, 1924
Chrysosoma flexum Loew, 1858
Chrysosoma munroi (Curran, 1924)⇒ Amblypsilopus munroi Curran, 1924
Chrysosoma parile Parent, 1931
Chrysosoma tricrinitum Parent, 1933
Chrysotimus delicatus Loew, 1861
Chrysotimus luteopalpus Curran, 1923
Chrysotus gramineus Fallen, 1823
Chrysotus inconspicuus Loew, 1858
Chrysotus indifferens Osten Sacken, 1877
Chrysotus lobipes Parent, 1934
Chrysotus polychaetus Frey, 1945
Condylostylus angustipennis Loew, 1858
Condylostylus congensis Curran, 1927
Condylostylus degener Parent, 1934
Condylostylus imitator Curran, 1924
Condylostylus paricoxa Parent, 1939
Condylostylus pateraeformis Becker, 1923
Condylostylus simulans Van Duzee, 1929
Condylostylus sinclairi Grichanov, 2000
Condylostylus tenuipes Becker, 1922
Corindia saegeri Grichanov, 1998
Cryptophleps rothii Couturier, 1978
Cymatopus griseatus Curran, 1926
Dactylonotus grandicornis Parent, 1934
Dactylonotus meuffelsi Grichanov, 1998
Dactylonotus nigricorpus Grichanov, 2016
Dactylonotus rudebecki Vanschuytbroeck, 1960
Dactylonotus tsitsikamma Grichanov, 2016
Dactylonotus univittatus Loew, 1858
Diaphorus amplus Curran, 1926
Diaphorus brunneus Loew, 1858
Diaphorus dasycnemus Loew, 1858
Diaphorus inversus Curran, 1924
Diaphorus lavinia Curran, 1926
Diaphorus lawrencei Curran, 1926
Diaphorus munroi Curran, 1926
Diaphorus rita Curran, 1926
Diaphorus upembaensis Vanschuytbroeck, 1952
Diostracus chaetodactylus Saigusa, 1984
Dolichopus adultus Van Duzee, 1921Howell's yampah
Dolichopus afroungulatus Loew, 1873
Dolichopus agronomus Melander & B..., 1900
Dolichopus angularis Macquart, 1842
Dolichopus coercens Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Dolichopus fractinervis Loew, 1863
Dolichopus nigricornis Meigen, 1824Prostrate yellowcress
Dolichopus nikolaevae Grichanov, 1998
Dolichopus phyllocerus Vockeroth, 1962American spurred gentian
Dolichopus platyprosopus (Loew, 1866)⇒ Dolichopus incisuralis Loew, 1861
Dolichopus smicrus Meuffels & G..., 1999
Dolichopus sukharevae Grichanov, 1998
Ethioscapus degener Parent, 1934
Ethiosciapus flavirostris Loew, 1858
Ethiosciapus trochanteralis Curran, 1924
Grootaertia anomalipennis Grichanov, 1999
Grootaertia anomalopyga Grichanov, 1999
Grootaertia asymmetrica Grichanov, 1999
Grootaertia bistylata Grichanov, 1999
Grootaertia brevipennis Grichanov, 2000
Grootaertia irwini Grichanov, 2000
Grootaertia kuznetsovi Grichanov, 1999
Grootaertia skorpionensis Grichanov, 2006
Gymnopternus scotias Loew, 1861
Gymnopternus subulatus Loew, 1861
Hercostomus argyropus Bigot, 1886
Hercostomus caprivi Grichanov, 2004
Hercostomus directus Walker, 1849
Hercostomus disjectus Curran, 1926
Hercostomus eronis Curran, 1926
Hercostomus nectarophagus Curran, 1924
Hercostomus peterbus Curran, 1924
Hercostomus synolcus Steyskal, 1966
Hercostomus turneri Grichanov, 1999
Hydrophorus aureifacies Becker, 1914
Hydrophorus balticus Meigen, 1824
Hydrophorus hydrophylax Parent, 1939
Hydrophorus jeanneli Parent, 1938
Hydrophorus praecox Lehmann, 1822
Hydrophorus spinicornis Loew, 1858
Hydrophorus vaalensis Parent, 1954
Liancalus decolor (Parent, 1939)⇒ Liancalus peringueyi Curran, 1926
Liancalus peringueyi Curran, 1926
Liancalus peringueyi decolor Parent, 1939
Liancalus virens Scopoli, 1763
Lichtwardtia nikolaevae (Grichanov, 1998)⇒ Dolichopus nikolaevae Grichanov, 1998
Medetera afra Curran, 1927
Medetera africana Grichanov, 2000
Medetera apicalis (Zetterstedt, 1843)⇒ Medetera abstrusa Thuneberg, 1955
Medetera caffra Curran, 1927
Medetera calvinia Grichanov, 2000
Medetera capensis Curran, 1926
Medetera chumakovi Grichanov, 1997
Medetera cimbebasia Grichanov, 2000
Medetera currani (Parent, 1931)⇒ Medetera viridiventris Van Duzee, 1933
Medetera londti Grichanov, 2000
Medetera lvovskii Adams, 1903
Medetera munroi Curran, 1925
Medetera norlingi Grichanov, 1997
Medetera normalis Curran, 1924
Medetera otiosa Parent, 1934
Medetera pallidotiosa Grichanov, 2000
Medetera penura Curran, 1926
Medetera polleti Grichanov, 1997
Medetera praedator Curran, 1926
Medetera praedetor Curran, 1926
Medetera pseudotiosa Grichanov, 1999
Medetera rikhterae Grichanov, 1997
Medetera simplicis Curran, 1924
Medetera subchevi Grichanov, 1997
Medetera turneri Parent, 1934
Medetera vaalensis Grichanov, 2000
Medetera vittata Van Duzee, 1919Gairdner's yampah
Mesorhaga kirkspriggsi Grichanov, 2000
Microcyrtura campsicnemoides Robinson, 1964
Micromorphus maraisi Grichanov, 2000
Neurigona cyanescens Loew, 1858
Neurigona unicinata Negrobov, 1988
Nurteria bicolor Parent, 1934
Nurteria capensis Parent, 1934
Paracleius reavelli Grichanov, 2004
Paracleius whittingtoni Grichanov, 2004
Paraclius afer Curran, 1926
Paraclius capensis Parent, 1932
Paraclius funditor Curran, 1926
Parathalassius capensis Smith, 1972
Parentia asymmetrica Grichanov, 2000
Parentia stenurus Loew, 1858
Pelastoneurus ambiguus Parent, 1934
Pelastoneurus barracloughi Grichanov, 2004
Pelastoneurus brincki Vanschuytbroeck, 1960
Pelastoneurus confusibilis Parent, 1937
Pelastoneurus gracilis Curran, 1924
Pelastoneurus jasoni Grichanov, 2004
Pelastoneurus michaeli Grichanov, 2004
Pelastoneurus micrurus Parent, 1933
Pelastoneurus reavelli Grichanov, 2004
Pelastoneurus umngazi Grichanov, 2004
Pelastoneurus whittingtoni Grichanov, 2004
Peodes penichrotes Wei & Zheng, 1998
Pindaia enoggera Bickel, 2014
Plesiothalassius capensis Smith, 1972
Plesiothalassius flavus Ulrich, 1991
Plesiothalassius natalensis Ulrich, 1991
Rhaphium pitkini Grichanov, 1995
Rhaphium triste Loew, 1858
Schistostoma brandbergensis Shamshev & S..., 2006
Schistostoma kalkgat Shamshev & S..., 2006
Schistostoma stuckenbergi Chvala, 1991
Sciapolina bevisi
Sciapolina bonniae Irwin, 1974
Sciapolina macularivena Irwin, 1974
Sciapolina palliatus Curran, 1927
Sciapolina stuckenbergorum Irwin, 1974
Sciapus haemorhoidalis Becker, 1923
Sciapus inflexus Strobl, 1894
Sciapus rosaceus Wiedemann, 1824
Sciapus trochanteralis Curran, 1924
Sciopolina bevisi Curran, 1927
Sciopolina bonniae Irwin, 1974
Sciopolina fasciata Curran, 1924
Sciopolina macularivena Irwin, 1974
Sciopolina retrovena Irwin, 1974
Sciopolina stuckenbergorum Irwin, 1974
Stolidosoma bicolor Parent, 1934
Sympycnus aristalis Curran, 1926
Sympycnus caffer Loew, 1858
Sympycnus discrepans Parent, 1934
Sympycnus munroi Curran, 1925
Sympycnus nectarophagus Brèthes, 1906
Sympycnus niger Parker, 1918
Sympycnus obliquus Parent, 1938
Sympycnus plagius Vanschuytbroeck, 1952
Sympycnus plexsim Reinhard, 1945
Syntomoneura basalis Curran, 1926
Syntormon caffer Curran, 1925
Syntormoneura basalis Curran, 1926
Tachytrechus alternatus Curran, 1924
Tachytrechus angustipennis Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Tachytrechus bracteatus Wiedemann, 1830
Tachytrechus capensis (Curran, 1924)⇒ Tachytrechus tessellatus Macquart, 1842
Tachytrechus imperator Curran, 1927
Tachytrechus pteropodus Schiner, 1868
Tachytrechus tessellatus Macquart, 1842
Tenuopus cognatus Parent, 1934
Tenuopus erroneus Parent, 1934
Teuchophorus caprivi Grichanov, 2000
Teuchophorus ctenomerus Meuffels & G..., 2004
Thinophilus (Thinophilus) bipunctatus Curran, 1926
Thinophilus (Thinophilus) capensis Curran, 1926
Thinophilus (Thinophilus) munroi Curran, 1926
Thinophilus munroi setiscutellatus Grichanov, 1997
Thinophilus (Thinophilus) prudens Lindner, 1937
Thinophilus (Thinophilus) rex Curran, 1926
Thinophilus ciliventris Grichanov, 1997
Thinophilus imperialis Curran, 1924
Thinophilus indigenus Becker, 1902
Thinophilus palpatus Parent, 1929
Thinophilus setiscutellatus Grichanov, 1997
Thinophilus virgatus Curran, 1926
Thrypticus kataevi Grichanov, 1998
Thrypticus parabellus Grichanov, 2000
Trigonocera africana Naglis, 1999
Xanthochlorus helvinus Loew, 1861

Subnodes of Dolichopodidae with occurrences in Southern Africa
SubfamilyDiaphorinae
Schiner, 1864
8
29
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDolichopodinae
Latreille, 1809
9
50
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHydrophorinae
Lioy, 1864
9
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMedeterinae
Lioy, 1864
6
40
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMicrophorinae
Collin, 1960
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNeurigoninae
Aldrich, 1905
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyParathalassiinae
Chvala, 1981
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPeloropeodinae
Robinson, 1970
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyRhaphiinae
Bigot, 1852
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySciapodinae
Becker, 1917
7
28
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStolidosominae
Becker, 1922
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySympycninae
Aldrich, 1905
6
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyXanthochlorinae
Aldrich, 1905
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Dolichopodidae (Latreille 1809)
Dolichopodidae (Latreille 1809)


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Dolichopodidae at artfakta.se
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