Setihercostomus

Setihercostomus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from China, Taiwan, Russia and Tanzania.[3]

Setihercostomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Dolichopodinae
Genus: Setihercostomus
Zhang & Yang, 2005[1]
Type species
Hercostomus zonalis
Yang, Yang & Li, 1998[2]

The generic name is derived from the Greek prefix seti- and the generic name Hercostomus.[1]

Species

There are currently five species in the genus:

  • Setihercostomus huangi (Zhang, Yang & Masunaga, 2004)[4]
  • Setihercostomus scharffi (Grichanov, 1999)[5]
  • Setihercostomus setifacies (Stackelberg, 1934)[6]
  • Setihercostomus taiwanensis Zhang & Yang, 2011[7]
  • Setihercostomus wuyangensis (Wei, 1997)[8]

Setihercostomus zonalis (Yang, Yang & Li, 1998)[2] is a synonym of S. wuyangensis (Wei, 1997).[9]

References
  1. Zhang, L.-L; Yang, D. (2005). "A study on the phylogeny of Dolichopodinae from the Palaearctic and Oriental realms, with descriptions of three new genera (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Acta Zootaxomica Sinica. 30: 180–190.
  2. Yang, Ding; Yang, C.K.; Li, Z. (1998). "Three new Dolichopodidae from Henan (Diptera). In Shen Xiaocheng and Shi Zhenya (eds) Insects of the Funiu Mountains Region". China Agricultural Press. 1: 1–368.
  3. 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.
  4. Zhang, L.; Yang, Ding; Masunaga, K. (2004). "Two new species of Hercostomus from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Entomological News. 115: 35–43.
  5. Grichanov, Igor Ya.; Kaae, Mathias; Pape, Thomas (2011). "Discovery of Setihercostomus Zhang et Yang in the Afrotropical Region (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3861 (6): 598–600. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3861.6.7. PMID 25283433.
  6. Stackelberg, A.A. (1934). "29 Dolichopodidae. Lief. 82". Die Fliegen der Paläarktischen Region. 4 (5): 129–176.
  7. Yang; Zhang; Wang; Zhu (2011). Diptera: Dolichopodidae. Fauna Sinica: Insecta. 53. ISBN 9787030301987.
  8. Wei, L.-M. (1997). "Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Southwest China II. A study of the genus Hercostomus Loew, 1857". Journal of Guizhou Agricultural College. 16 (1): 29–41.
  9. Zhang, L.-L; Wei, L.; Yang, D. (2009). "Two new species of Hercostomus from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with some new synonyms)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 79: 133–141.


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