Acropsilus

Acropsilus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[6] It is unplaced in the family,[7] having been placed variously in subfamilies such as Sympycninae or Peloropeodinae. It is superficially similar to the Medeterinae.[8]

Acropsilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Acropsilus
Mik, 1878[1]
Type species
Chrysotus niger
Loew, 1869[2]
Synonyms[3]

Species

The genus contains 30 species:[8][9][10]

  • Acropsilus albitibia Bickel, 1998
  • Acropsilus boharti Bickel, 1998
  • Acropsilus brevitalus (Parent, 1937)[11][9]
  • Acropsilus colmani Bickel, 1998
  • Acropsilus eburneensis Couturier, 1978[12]
  • Acropsilus errabundus Lamb, 1922[13]
  • Acropsilus guangdongensis Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007
  • Acropsilus guangxiensis Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007
  • Acropsilus igori Negrobov, 1984[14]
  • Acropsilus jinxiuensis Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007
  • Acropsilus kuranda Bickel, 1998
  • Acropsilus luoxiangensis Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007
  • Acropsilus malaita Bickel, 1998
  • Acropsilus maprik Bickel, 1998
  • Acropsilus minutulus (Vanschuytbroeck, 1951)
  • Acropsilus minutus Hollis, 1964
  • Acropsilus niger (Loew, 1869)[2]
  • Acropsilus nigricornis Bickel, 1998
  • Acropsilus olegi Grichanov, 1998[9]
  • Acropsilus opipara (Wei, 2006)[5]
  • Acropsilus perminutus (Parent, 1937)[11][9]
  • Acropsilus protractus Robinson, 1963
  • Acropsilus putosa Bickel, 1998
  • Acropsilus stekolnikovi Grichanov, 1998[9]
  • Acropsilus toma Bickel, 1998
  • Acropsilus udot Bickel, 1998
  • Acropsilus vorax (Curran, 1927)[3][4]
  • Acropsilus yunnanensis Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007
  • Acropsilus zengchenensis Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007
  • Acropsilus zhuae Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007

References
  1. Mik, Josef (1878). "Dipterologische Untersuchungen". Jahresber. K. K. Akad. Gymnasium: 1–24, 1 pl.
  2. Loew, Hermann (1869). Beschreibung europäischer Dipteren. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insecten, von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Achter Theil oder zweiter Supplementband. Vol. 1. Halle: H. W. Schmidt. pp. xvi + 310 + [2] pp.
  3. Grichanov, Igor Ya.; Mostovski, Mike B. (2009). "Long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in the collection of the Natal Museum: A review of C.H. Curran's types, new synonyms, and new combinations". Zootaxa. 2194: 37–53. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2194.1.3.
  4. Curran, Charles Howard (1927). "Records and descriptions of South African Diptera with notes on two Wiedemann types". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 12: 181–185.
  5. Zizhong, Li; Daochao, Jin (2006). Insects from Fanjingshan Landscape (in Chinese). Guiyang: Guizhou Science and Technology Publishing House. p. 481.
  6. Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN 9787811171020.
  7. Ulrich, J. (1980). "Zur systematischen Gliederung der Dolichopodiden (Diptera)". Bonner zoologische Beiträge. 31 (3–4): 385–402.
  8. Bickel, D. J. (1998). "Australian, Melanesian and Micronesian Acropsilus Mik (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 141 (1): 1–17. doi:10.1163/22119434-99900001.
  9. Grichanov, I. Ya. (1998). "Afrotropical species of the genus Acropsilus Mik (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". An International Journal of Dipterological Research. 9 (3): 183–190.
  10. Wang, Mengqing; Yang, Ding; Grootaert, Patrick (2007). "Revision of the species of Acropsilus Mik (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from China". Biologia. 62 (1): 88–94. doi:10.2478/s11756-007-0015-6.
  11. Parent, O. (1937). "Diptères Dolichopodides nouveaux du Congo belge et du Maroc". Bulletin du Musee d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 13 (18): 1–19.
  12. Couturier, Guy (1977). "Les Diptères Doiichepodidae de Côte d'Ivoire : Description de trois nouvelles espèce" (PDF). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 82 (9–11): 220–224. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  13. Lamb, C.G (1922). "The Percy Sladen Trust expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner M.A. Vol.VII. No.VIII-Diptera: Asilidae, Scenopinidae, Dolichopodidae, Pipunculidae, Syrphidae". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology. 2. 18: 361–416.
  14. Negrobov, O. V. (1984). "The genera of the family Dolichopodidae (diptera) new for the fauna of Palaearctic and USSR". Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 63 (7): 1111–1115.


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