Neohercostomus

Neohercostomus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Many of the species were formerly from "Hercostomus Group III", one of three groups of Afrotropical Hercostomus species created by Igor Grichanov in 1999.[3]

Neohercostomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Dolichopodinae
Tribe:	Dolichopodini
Genus:	Neohercostomus Grichanov, 2011[1]
Type species
Hercostomus strictilamellatus Parent, 1937[2]

Species

The genus is divided into two subgenera, Neohercostomus and Subhercostomus:

Subgenus Neohercostomus Grichanov, 2011:[1]

• N. arzanovi Grichanov, 2011[1]
• N. ashleyi Grichanov, 2011[1]
• N. duviardi (Couturier, 1978)[4]
• N. garambensis (Grichanov, 2004)[5]
• N. itineris (Grichanov, 2004)[5]
• N. krivokhatskii (Grichanov, 1999)[3]
• N. laanmae (Grichanov, 1999)[3]
• N. lictor (Parent, 1937)[2]
• N. minimus (Parent, 1937)[2]
• N. ovchinnikovae (Grichanov, 1999)[3]
• N. panteleevae (Grichanov, 1999)[3]
• N. pseudolictor (Grichanov, 2004)[5]
• N. rezniki (Grichanov, 2004)[5]
• N. rodionovae Grichanov, 2011[1]
• N. selivanovae Grichanov, 2011[1]
• N. storozhenkoi Grichanov, 2011[1]
• N. strictilamellatus (Parent, 1937)[2]
• N. transitorius (Parent, 1934)[6]

Subgenus Subhercostomus Grichanov, 2011:[1]

• N. manningi Grichanov, 2011[1]
• N. silvicola Grichanov, 2011[1]
• N. turneri (Grichanov, 1999)[3]

References

1. Grichanov, I. Ya. (2011). "A key to the Afrotropical genera of the subfamily Dolichopodinae with descriptions of new taxa (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist (234): 1–33.
2. Parent, Octave (1937). "Diptères Dolichopodides nouveaux du Congo belge et du Maroc". Bulletin du Musee d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 13 (18): 1–19.
3. Grichanov, Igor Ya. (1999). "Afrotropical species of the genus Hercostomus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". International Journal of Dipterological Research. 10 (1): 7–44.
4. 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.
5. Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2004). "Review of Afrotropical Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Plant Protection News, Supplements. St.Petersburg: All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection RAAS: 1–244. ISSN 1815-3682.
6. Parent, Octave (1934). "Etude sur les types de Dolichopodides exotiques de Francis Walker, conserves au British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13 (10): 1–38.