Aphasmaphleps

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Aphasmaphleps
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Diaphorinae
Genus: Aphasmaphleps
Grichanov, 2010 [1]
Type species
Aphasmaphleps bandia
Grichanov, 2010 [1]

Aphasmaphleps is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Afrotropical realm. The genus was first described by Igor Grichanov in 2010. The name Aphasmaphleps refers to the genus Phasmaphleps , which was originally considered to be closely related to it. [1] According to Capellari & Grichanov (2012), Aphasmaphleps more closely resembles Asyndetus and Cryptophleps . [2]

Species

The genus contains four species: [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2010). "Aphasmaphleps, a New Genus of Long-Legged Flies from Senegal, with a Key to the Genera of Afrotropical Diaphorinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). African Invertebrates . 51 (2): 405–412. doi: 10.5733/afin.051.0209 .
  2. 1 2 Capellari, Renato S.; Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2012). "Review of the Afrotropical Genus Aphasmaphleps Grichanov (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). African Invertebrates . 53 (1): 35–46. doi: 10.5733/afin.053.0102 .