Achradocera

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Achradocera
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Achradocera barbata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Diaphorinae
Genus: Achradocera
Becker, 1922 [1]
Type species
Achradocera femoralis
Becker, 1922 [1]

Achradocera is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. [2] It is distributed in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms as well as in Polynesia. [3] Several Afrotropical species were also placed in the genus, but in 2018 they were transferred to Chrysotus . [4] Achradocera was formerly considered a subgenus of Chrysotus , but was restored as a separate genus by Harold E. Robinson (1975). [3]

Adult males of Achradocera can be recognised by several secondary sex characteristics: their antennae have the first flagellomere elongated and swollen at the base with a narrow tip, and they have rows of thickened setae underneath the eyes. [3]

Species

The following species are synonyms or have been moved to other genera: [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Becker, T. (1922). "Dipterologischen Studien. Dolichopodidae. B. Nearktische und Neotropische Regions". Abhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 13 (1): 207–209.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Bickel, Daniel J. (2000). "New World Achradocera in Hawai'i, Tonga, and French Polynesia, with discussion of the genus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 64: 14–20.
  4. 1 2 Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2018). "An annotated catalogue of afrotropical Dolichopodoidae (Diptera)". Plant Protection News, Supplements (25). St.Petersburg: All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR). doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1187006 .
  5. 1 2 Runyon, Justin B. (2020). "The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Montserrat, West Indies". ZooKeys (966): 57–151. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.966.55192 . PMC   7494662 . PMID   32982546.
  6. ↑ Parent, O. (1934). "Additions a la faune ethiopienne (Dipteres: Dolichopodides)". Bulletin de la Société entomologique d'Égypte. 18: 112–138.
  7. ↑ Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1951). "Dolichopodidae. (Diptera Brachycera Orthorrhapha)". Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G. F. De Witte (1933-1935). Fasc. 74: 1–153.


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