Argyra

Argyra is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[6] The name "Argyra" comes from the Greek word for "silver".[7]

Argyra
Argyra auricollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Diaphorinae
Tribe:	Argyrini
Genus:	Argyra Macquart, 1834
Type species
Musca diaphana Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms
Porphirops Macquart, 1838[1] Porphyrops Meigen, 1824 (name suppressed)[2] Lasiargyra Mik, 1878[3] Leucostola Loew, 1857[4][5]

Species

• Argyra albicans Loew, 1861[8]

• Argyra albicoxa Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra albiventris Loew, 1864[10]
• Argyra aldrichi Johnson, 1904[11]
• Argyra amicta (Wiedemann, 1824)[12]
• Argyra angustata Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra apicalis Van Duzee, 1930[13]
• Argyra argentina (Meigen, 1824)[14]
• Argyra argentiventris Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra argyria (Meigen, 1824)[14]
• Argyra aripontia Negrobov, 2005[15]
• Argyra arrogans Takagi, 1960[16]
• Argyra atriceps Loew, 1857[4]
• Argyra auricollis (Meigen, 1824)[14]
• Argyra badjaginae Negrobov & Maslova, 2003[17]
• Argyra barbipes Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra basalis Van Duzee, 1932
• Argyra beijingensis Wang & Yang, 2004[18]
• Argyra bickeliana Negrobov, Barkalov & Selivanova, 2010
• Argyra bimaculata Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra biseta Parent, 1929
• Argyra brevipes Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra calceata Loew, 1861[19]
• Argyra calcitrans Loew, 1861[19]
• Argyra californica Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra canariensis Becker, 1918[20]
• Argyra ciliata Van Duzee, 1924
• Argyra cingulata (Loew, 1861)[19]
• Argyra condomina Harmston & Knowlton, 1946
• Argyra corsica Parent, 1929
• Argyra currani Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra cylindrica Loew, 1864[10]
• Argyra dakotensis Harmston & Knowlton, 1939
• Argyra diaphana (Fabricius, 1775)
• Argyra discedens Becker, 1907
• Argyra elongata (Zetterstedt, 1843)[21]
• Argyra fasciventris Van Duzee, 1930[13]
• Argyra femoralis Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra flabellifera Becker, 1891
• Argyra flavicornis Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra flavicoxa Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra flavida Negrobov, 1973
• Argyra flavipes Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra gorodkovi Negrobov & Selivanova, 2008[22]
• Argyra grata Loew, 1857[4]
• Argyra grayi Robinson, 1964
• Argyra hirta Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra hoffmeisteri (Loew, 1850)
• Argyra hokkaidoensis Negrobov & Sato, 2009
• Argyra idahona Harmston & Knowlton, 1946
• Argyra igori Sato & Selivanova, 2012
• Argyra ilonae Gosseries, 1989[23]
• Argyra inaequalis Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra involuta Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra javanensis Van Duzee, 1931
• Argyra johnsoni Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra kireichuki Grichanov, 1998
• Argyra leucocephala (Meigen, 1824)[14]
• Argyra loewii Kowarz, 1879
• Argyra longicornis Qilemoge, Wang, & Yang, 2018[24]
• Argyra magnicornis (Zetterstedt, 1838)
• Argyra medusae Gosseries, 1989[23]
• Argyra miki (Kowarz, 1882)
• Argyra minuta Loew, 1861[19]
• Argyra negrobovi Grichanov & Shamshev, 1993
• Argyra nigricoxa Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra nigripes Loew, 1864[10]
• Argyra nigripilosa Yang & Saigusa, 2002[25]
• Argyra nigriventris Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra obscura Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra oreada Negrobov, 1973
• Argyra pallipilosa Yang & Saigusa, 2002[25]
• Argyra perplexa Becker, 1918[20]
• Argyra pingwuensis Qilemoge, Wang, & Yang, 2018[24]
• Argyra pseudosuperba Hollis, 1964
• Argyra pulata Negrobov & Maslova, 2003[17]
• Argyra robinsoni Grichanov, 1998
• Argyra robusta Johnson, 1906
• Argyra scutellaris Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra sericata Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra serrata Yang & Saigusa, 2002[25]
• Argyra setimana Loew, 1859
• Argyra setipes Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra setulipes Becker, 1918[20]
• Argyra shamshevi Selivanova & Negrobov, 2006
• Argyra sichuanensis Qilemoge, Wang, & Yang, 2018[24]
• Argyra similis Harmston & Knowlton, 1940
• Argyra sinensis Yang & Grootaert, 1999
• Argyra skufjini Negrobov, 1965
• Argyra spina Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra splendens Van Duzee, 1933
• Argyra splendida De Meijere, 1919
• Argyra spoliata Kowarz, 1879
• Argyra striaticollis Becker, 1918[20]
• Argyra subarctica Ringdahl, 1920
• Argyra submontana Negrobov & Selivanova, 2006
• Argyra succinorum (Meunier, 1907)
• Argyra superba Takagi, 1960[16]
• Argyra sviridovae Selivanova & Negrobov, 2006[26]
• Argyra takagii Negrobov & Sato, 2009
• Argyra thoracica Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra tibetensis Wang, Chen & Yang, 2015[27]
• Argyra ussuriana Negrobov, 1973
• Argyra utahna Harmston, 1951
• Argyra vanoyei (Parent, 1926)
• Argyra velutina Van Duzee, 1925[9]
• Argyra venevitinovensis Selivanova & Negrobov, 2007[28]
• Argyra vestita (Wiedemann, 1817)[29]
• Argyra xanthopyga Negrobov & Grichanov, 2006[30]
• Argyra xiaolongmensis Wang & Yang in Yang, Zhang, Wang & Zhu, 2011
• Argyra zlobini Sato & Selivanova, 2012

The following extinct species were originally placed in Argyra, but are currently considered unplaced in Dolichopodidae:[31]

• †Argyra debellata Meunier, 1907
• †Argyra debilis Meunier, 1907
• †Argyra deceptoria Meunier, 1907

Other unrecognised species:

• Argyra festivus Meigen, 1838
• Argyra spinipes (Meigen, 1830)
• Argyra spinipes Doleschall, 1856 (homonym of above)

The following species were renamed:

• Argyra splendida Van Duzee, 1925[9] (preoccupied by Argyra splendida De Meijere, 1919): renamed to Argyra splendens Van Duzee, 1933
• Dolichopus abdominalis Say, 1829 (preoccupied by Dolichopus abdominalis Fallén, 1823): renamed to Argyra medusae Gosseries, 1989[23]
• Dolichopus confinis Zetterstedt, 1843 (preoccupied by Dolichopus confinis Walker, 1849): renamed to Argyra ilonae Gosseries, 1989[23]

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