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Genus of flies

Dolichopus
Dolichopus urbanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Dolichopodinae
Tribe: Dolichopodini
Genus: Dolichopus
Latreille, 1796
Type species
Musca ungulata
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Dolichopus is a large cosmopolitan genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Adults are small flies, typically less than 8 mm in length. Nearly all species are metallic greenish-blue to greenish-bronze. It is the largest genus of Dolichopodidae with more than 600 species worldwide.

The name of the genus (δολιχός, long, and ποὺς, foot) refers to the length of the feet of its species.

Gallery

  • Dolichopus sp. female with prey (video, 1m 23s)

Species groups and subgenera

The following species groups exist in Dolichopus:

  • Dolichopus latipennis species group (= Hygroceleuthus Loew, 1857)
  • Dolichopus lonchophorus species group
  • Dolichopus longisetus species group
  • Dolichopus planitarsis species group (8 species) – Palaearctic
  • Dolichopus plumipes species group (11 species) – Palaearctic
  • Dolichopus sagittarius species group
  • Dolichopus salictorum species group
  • Dolichopus signifer species group
  • Dolichopus sublimbatus species group (4 species)
  • Dolichopus tewoensis species group (3 species) – China

Sometimes the following are considered subgenera of Dolichopus:

  • Dolichopus Latreille, 1796
  • Hygroceleuthus Loew, 1857 (= Dolichopus latipennis species group)
  • Macrodolichopus Stackelberg, 1933

See also

References

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  2. Grichanov, I. Ya (1999). A check list of Genera of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Studia Dipterologica. pp. 327–332pp.
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  7. Negrobov, O.P.; Selivanova, O.V.; Maslova, O.O. (2012). "New data on the taxonomy of the group Dolichopus lonchophorus Loew, 1873 (Dolichopodidae: Diptera)" (PDF). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 8 (1): 175–180. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2012-8-1-175-180. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
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  9. Barkalov, Anatolii V.; Negrobov, Oleg P.; Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2009). "The Dolichopus planitarsis species group in the Palearctic Region with the description of a new species from the Russian Altai (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2268. Magnolia Press: 59–64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2268.1.5. ISSN 1175-5326.
  10. Khaghaninia, Samad; Gharajedaghi, Yaser; Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2014). "The Dolichopus plumipes species group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) in the Palaearctic Region with the description of a new species from Iran". Journal of Insect Biodiversity. 2 (1): 1–9. doi:10.12976/jib/2014.2.1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  11. Negrobov, O.P.; Selivanova, O.V.; Maslova, O.O. (2013). "Review of Palaearctic species of the Dolichopus sagittarius group Loew, 1848 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with description of a new species from Kazakhstan". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 9 (1): 187–190. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2013-9-1-187-190.
  12. Maslova, O.O.; Negrobov, O.P.; Selivanova, O.V. (2011). "The review of species of group Dolichopus salictorum Loew, 1871 (Dolichopodidae: Diptera)". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin (in Russian). 7 (1): 103–108. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2011-7-1-103-108.
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  14. Maslova, O.O.; Negrobov, O.P.; Selivanova, O.V. (2012). "New data on the systematics of the species of the Dolichopus sublimbatus Becker group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)". Entomological Review. 93 (2): 243–248. doi:10.1134/S0013873813020139. S2CID 25830616.
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Dolichopus
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