Antyx

Antyx
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Antyxinae ; Yang, Zhu, Wang & Zhang, 2006
Genus:	Antyx ; Meuffels & Grootaert, 1991
Type species
	Antyx pallida ; Meuffels & Grootaert, 1991

Last updated June 05, 2024

Antyx is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Australasian realm.^[2]^[1] The genus was originally placed in the subfamily Sympycninae, but it was later found to be closer to the Neurigoninae and was placed as incertae sedis within the family.^[3] In the World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera) by Yang et al. (2006), the new subfamily Antyxinae was proposed, in which Antyx is the only genus.^[1] However, the validity of this new subfamily was later criticized by Sinclair et al. (2008). According to them, the subfamily's erection by Yang et al. (2006) was not justified by their phylogenetic analysis, and the genus would have been better placed as incertae sedis until a later phylogenetic study determines its placement.^[4]^[5]

Species

The genus contains eight species, five from New Caledonia and three from Australia:^[2]^[3]

Antyx edita Bickel, 1999 – Australia: Queensland
Antyx fagina Bickel, 1999 – Australia: New South Wales
Antyx flavipleuris Meuffels & Grootaert, 1991 – New Caledonia
Antyx fuscirostris Meuffels & Grootaert, 1991 – New Caledonia
Antyx matilei Meuffels & Grootaert, 1991 – New Caledonia
Antyx pallida Meuffels & Grootaert, 1991 – New Caledonia
Antyx pallidiventris Meuffels & Grootaert, 1991 – New Caledonia
Antyx werrikimbe Bickel, 1999 – Australia: New South Wales

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References

1 2 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.
1 2 3 4 Meuffels, H. J. G.; Grootaert, P. (1991). "Diptera Dolichopodidae of New Caledonia. 1. Antyx, a new genus in the subfamily Sympycninae". Mem. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. (A, Zool.). 149: 289–300.
1 2 Bickel, D.J. (1999). "Australian Antyx Meuffels & Grootaert and the New Caledonian connection (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Australian Journal of Entomology . 38 (3): 168–175. doi:10.1046/j.1440-6055.1999.00102.x.
↑ Sinclair, Bradley J.; Brooks, Scott E.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2008). "A critical review of the world catalogs of Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera) by Yang et al. (2006, 2007)". Zootaxa . 1846: 61–68. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.1846.1.7 . S2CID 15811116.
↑ Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2017). "Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). 2nd ed" (PDF). Plant Protection News, Supplements (23). St.Petersburg: All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR). doi: 10.5281/zenodo.884863 .

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[Yang2007-1] 1 2 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.

[Meuffels1991-2] 1 2 3 4 Meuffels, H. J. G.; Grootaert, P. (1991). "Diptera Dolichopodidae of New Caledonia. 1. Antyx, a new genus in the subfamily Sympycninae". Mem. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. (A, Zool.). 149: 289–300.

[Bickel1999-3] 1 2 Bickel, D.J. (1999). "Australian Antyx Meuffels & Grootaert and the New Caledonian connection (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Australian Journal of Entomology . 38 (3): 168–175. doi:10.1046/j.1440-6055.1999.00102.x.

[Sinclair2008-4] Sinclair, Bradley J.; Brooks, Scott E.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2008). "A critical review of the world catalogs of Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera) by Yang et al. (2006, 2007)". Zootaxa . 1846: 61–68. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.1846.1.7 . S2CID 15811116.

[5] Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2017). "Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). 2nd ed" (PDF). Plant Protection News, Supplements (23). St.Petersburg: All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR). doi: 10.5281/zenodo.884863 .

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