Dolichophorus

Dolichophorus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[1] A 2011 phylogenetic analysis of Medetera and related genera found that Dolichophorus is closely related to the Medetera aberrans and Medetera melanesiana species groups, rendering the genus Medetera paraphyletic.[2]

Dolichophorus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Medeterinae
Tribe: Medeterini
Genus: Dolichophorus
Lichtwardt, 1902[1]
Type species
Dolichophorus kerteszi
Lichtwardt, 1902[1]

Species
  • Dolichophorus caucasicus Grichanov, 2009[3] – Azerbaijan
  • Dolichophorus friedmani Grichanov, 2009[3] – Madagascar
  • Dolichophorus immaculatus Parent, 1944[4] – China
  • Dolichophorus kerteszi Lichtwardt, 1902[1] – Europe
  • Dolichophorus luteoscutatus (Parent, 1936)[3] – DR Congo, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone
  • Dolichophorus madagascariensis Grichanov, 2009[3] – Madagascar

References
  1. Lichtwardt, B. (1902). "Neue ungarische Dolichopodiden (Diptera)" (PDF). Természetrajzi füzetek. 25: 197–200. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  2. Pollet, M.; Germann, C.; Bernasconi, M.V. (2011). "Phylogenetic analyses using molecular markers reveal ecological lineages in Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). The Canadian Entomologist. 143 (6): 662–673. doi:10.4039/n11-031. S2CID 85695138.
  3. Grichanov, I. Ya. (2009). "Review of the genus Dolichophorus Lichtward, 1902 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae)" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist (201): 1–16.
  4. Parent, O. (1944). "Dipteres Dolichopodides recueillis en Chine du Nord, en Mongolie et en Mandchourie par le R. P. E. Licent". Revue Française d'Entomologie. 10 (4): 121–131.


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