Achalcus

Achalcus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[1]

Achalcus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Achalcinae
Genus: Achalcus
Loew, 1857
Type species
Porphyrops flavicollis
Meigen, 1824
Synonyms

Clinocampsicnemus Vaillant & Brunhes, 1980

Species
  • Achalcus bicolor Pollet, 2005[1]
  • Achalcus bilineatus Pollet, 2005[1]
  • Achalcus bimaculatus Pollet, 1996[2]
  • Achalcus brevicornis Pollet, 2005[1]
  • Achalcus britannicus Pollet, 1996[2]
  • Achalcus californicus Pollet & Cumming, 1998[3]
  • Achalcus cinereus (Haliday, 1851)
  • Achalcus costaricensis Pollet, 2005[1]
  • Achalcus cyanocephalus Pollet, 2005[1]
  • Achalcus dytei Pollet & Cumming, 1998[3]
  • Achalcus flavicollis (Meigen, 1824)
  • †Achalcus latipennis Meunier, 1907
  • Achalcus longicercus Pollet, 2005[1]
  • Achalcus maculipennis Pollet, 2005[1]
  • Achalcus micromorphoides Pollet, 2005[1]
  • Achalcus niger Pollet, 2005[1]
  • Achalcus nigropunctatus Pollet & Brunhes, 1996[2]
  • Achalcus oregonensis (Harmston & Miller, 1966)
  • Achalcus phragmitidis Pollet, 1996[2]
  • Achalcus polleti Negrobov & Selivanova, 2010[4]
  • Achalcus similis Pollet & Cumming, 1998[3]
  • Achalcus thalhammeri Lichtwardt, 1913
  • Achalcus tibialis Pollet, 2005[1]
  • Achalcus utahensis (Harmston & Miller, 1966)
  • Achalcus vaillanti Brunhes, 1987

Unrecognised species:

Nomina dubia:

The following species were moved to the genus Australachalcus:[1]

  • Achalcus albipalpus Parent, 1931: now Australachalcus albipalpus (Parent, 1931)
  • Achalcus brevinervis Van Duzee, 1930:[5] now Australachalcus brevinervis (Van Duzee, 1930)
  • Achalcus longicornis Van Duzee, 1930:[5] now Australachalcus longicornis (Van Duzee, 1930)
  • Achalcus edwardsae Van Duzee, 1930[5] (originally transferred to Enlinia): now Australachalcus edwardsae (Van Duzee, 1930)
  • Achalcus melanotrichus Mik, 1878: now Australachalcus melanotrichus (Mik, 1878)
  • Achalcus chaetifemoratus Parent, 1933: now Australachalcus chaetifemoratus (Parent, 1933)
  • Achalcus luteipes Parent, 1933: now Australachalcus luteipes (Parent, 1933)
  • Achalcus medius Parent, 1933: now Australachalcus medius (Parent, 1933)
  • Achalcus minor Parent, 1933: now Australachalcus minor (Parent, 1933)
  • Achalcus minusculus Parent, 1933: now Australachalcus minusculus (Parent, 1933)
  • Achalcus minutus Parent, 1933: now Australachalcus minutus (Parent, 1933)
  • Achalcus nigroscutatus Parent, 1933: now Australachalcus nigroscutatus (Parent, 1933)
  • Achalcus relictus Parent, 1933: now Australachalcus relictus (Parent, 1933)
  • Achalcus separatus Parent, 1933: now Australachalcus separatus (Parent, 1933)

Other synonyms:

  • Achalcus atratus Van Duzee, 1930:[5] moved to Enlinia
  • Achalcus caudatus Aldrich, 1902: synonym of Micromorphus albipes (Zetterstedt, 1843)
  • Achalcus depuytoraci (Vaillant & Brunhes, 1980): synonym of A. cinereus (Haliday, 1851)
  • Achalcus pallidus (Zetterstedt, 1843): synonym of A. flavicollis (Meigen, 1824)
  • Achalcus pygmaeus (Zetterstedt, 1855): synonym of A. cinereus (Haliday, 1851)
  • Achalcus sordidus Aldrich, 1896: moved to Enlinia

The following species have been placed by some authors in this genus in error:

  • Achalcus calcaratus Becker, 1918: actually Eutarsus calcaratus (a synonym of Syntormon (Drymonoeca) aulicus) in Syntormon
  • Achalcus pallipes Olejnichek & Bartak, 1997: actually Systenus pallipes in Systenus

References
  1. Pollet, M. (2005). "Systematic revision of Neotropical Achalcus and a related new genus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, Achalcinae) with comments on their phylogeny, ecology and zoogeography". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (1): 27–73. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00141.x.
  2. Pollet, M. (1996). "Systematic revision and phylogeny of the Palaearctic species of the genus Achalcus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with the description of four new species". Systematic Entomology. 21: 353–386. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1996.tb00604.x.
  3. Pollet, M.; Cumming, J.M. (1998). "Systematic revision of Nearctic species of Achalcus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with comments on their phylogeny, ecology and zoogeography". Systematic Entomology. 23 (4): 371–385. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3113.1998.00062.x.
  4. Negrobov, O.P.; Selivanova, O.V. (2010). "A new species of the genus Achalcus Low, 1857 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Far East region of Russia" (PDF). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 6 (1): 123–124. doi:10.23885/1814-3326-2010-6-1-123-124.
  5. Van Duzee, M. C. (1930). "Dolichopodidae". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. British Museum (Natural History). 5 (1): 1–92.
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