Ahypophyllus

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Ahypophyllus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Dolichopodinae
Genus: Ahypophyllus
Zhang & Yang, 2005 [1]
Species:
A. sinensis
Binomial name
Ahypophyllus sinensis
(Yang, 1996) [2]
Synonyms

Hypophyllus sinensisYang, 1996

Ahypophyllus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. [3] It currently contains only one species, Ahypophyllus sinensis, known only from China. [2]

The generic name is derived from the negative prefix "a" and the generic name Hypophyllus . [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 Yang, D. (1996). "New species of Dolichopodinae from China (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)". Entomofauna. 17: 317–324.
  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.