Pterostylus

Pterostylus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It contains a single species, Pterostylus aberrans. The genus was synonymized with Poecilobothrus by Scott E. Brooks (2005),[3] but is considered valid in Igor Grichanov's checklist of the family.[4]

Pterostylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Dolichopodinae
Genus: Pterostylus
Mik, 1878[1]
Species:
P. aberrans
Binomial name
Pterostylus aberrans
(Loew, 1871)[2]
Synonyms
  • Dolichopus aberrans (Loew, 1871)
  • Gymnopternus aberrans Loew, 1871
  • Poecilobothrus aberrans (Loew, 1871)

References
  1. Mik, Josef (1878). "Dipterologische Untersuchungen". Jahresber. K. K. Akad. Gymnasium: 1–24, 1 pl.
  2. Loew, Hermann (1871). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insecten.Von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Neunter Theil oder dritter Supplementband. Beschreibung europaischer Dipteren. Halle: H. W. Schmidt, . pp. viii + 319+[1] pp.
  3. Brooks, Scott E. (2005). "Systematics and phylogeny of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 857: 1–158. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.857.1.1.
  4. Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2017). "Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). 2nd ed" (PDF). Plant Protection News, Supplements. St.Petersburg: All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR) (23). doi:10.5281/zenodo.884863.


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