Dytomyia

Dytomyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from Australia, Madagascar and Kenya, with an undescribed species from Papua New Guinea.[1][2][3]

Dytomyia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Sciapodinae
Tribe: Sciapodini
Genus: Dytomyia
Bickel, 1994[1]
Type species
Sciapus sordidus
Parent, 1928

Species

The genus contains the following species:

  • Dytomyia bancrofti Bickel, 1994[1] – Australia
  • Dytomyia deconinckae Grichanov, 1998[4] – Madagascar
  • Dytomyia flavicaudata Grichanov, 2021[3] – Kenya
  • Dytomyia elenae Grichanov, 1998[4] – Madagascar
  • Dytomyia flaviseta Bickel, 1994[1] – Australia
  • Dytomyia lutescens (Vanschuytbroeck, 1952)[5] – Madagascar
  • Dytomyia paulyi Grichanov, 1998[4] – Madagascar
  • Dytomyia sordida (Parent, 1928) – Australia
  • Dytomyia torresiana Bickel, 1994[1] – Australia
  • Dytomyia tumifrons Bickel, 1994[1] – Australia

The species Sciapus nubilis Parent, 1935, which was described from a single female from Madagascar, was transferred to this genus in 2003,[6] but was later considered a nomen dubium in 2021.[3]

References
  1. Bickel, D. J. (1994). "The Australian Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a review of the Oriental and Australasian faunas, and a world conspectus of the subfamily" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement. 21: 1–394. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.21.1994.50. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. Evenhius, N. L. (17 April 2016). "Family Dolichopodidae". In Evenhius, N. L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. Grichanov, I.Ya. (2021). "Discovery of Dytomyia Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) on the African continent with description of a new peculiar species from Kenya". Israel Journal of Entomology. 51: 85–91. doi:10.5281/zenodo.5589575.
  4. Grichanov, I. Ya. (1998). "New data on Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with a revised catalogue and keys to Afrotropical species of the subfamily" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 68: 79–130.
  5. Grichanov, I. Ya. (1999). "New species and new records of Afrotropical Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 69: 113–135.
  6. Grichanov, I. Ya. (2003). "New Afrotropical Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with some new synonymy" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal (published 2004). 12 (3): 329–346.


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