Acymatopus

Acymatopus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Hydrophorinae
Tribe:	Aphrosylini
Genus:	Acymatopus ; Takagi, 1965
Type species
	Acymatopus major ; Takagi, 1965

Last updated November 09, 2023

Acymatopus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.^[2]^[1] It is distributed in Japan and China, and lives exclusively on marine coasts. It is similar in appearance to the genus Conchopus , which is also found in marine coasts.^[3]

Species

There are six known species in the genus:^[3]

Acymatopus femoralis Takagi, 1965^[1] – Japan (Shikoku and Kyushu)
Acymatopus longisetosus Takagi, 1965^[1] – Japan (along the Pacific coast of eastern Honshu)
Acymatopus major Takagi, 1965^[1] – Japan (along the eastern shore of the Kii Peninsula and the Pacific coast of Kyushu)
Acymatopus minor Takagi, 1965^[1] – Japan (widely distributed, except for areas along the Pacific coast of northern Honshu)
Acymatopus oxycercus Masunaga, Saigusa & Yang, 2005^[3] – Japan (Chiba Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture)
Acymatopus takeishii Masunaga, Saigusa & Yang, 2005^[3] – Northeast China (Dalian)

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Takagi, Sadao (1965). "A contribution to the knowledge of the marine shore Dolichopodidae of Japan (Diptera)" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 27 (2): 49–84. hdl:2115/9721 . Retrieved 22 May 2016.
↑ 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.
1 2 3 4 Masunaga, Kazuhiro; Saigusa, Toyohei; Yang, Ding (2005). "Taxonomy of the genus Acymatopus Takagi (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Entomological Science. 8 (3): 301–311. doi: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00129.x .

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[Takagi1965-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Takagi, Sadao (1965). "A contribution to the knowledge of the marine shore Dolichopodidae of Japan (Diptera)" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 27 (2): 49–84. hdl:2115/9721 . Retrieved 22 May 2016.

[Yang2007-2] 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.

[MasunagaSaigusaYang2005-3] 1 2 3 4 Masunaga, Kazuhiro; Saigusa, Toyohei; Yang, Ding (2005). "Taxonomy of the genus Acymatopus Takagi (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Entomological Science. 8 (3): 301–311. doi: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00129.x .

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