Aphrosylus aculeatus

Last updated

Aphrosylus aculeatus
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Hydrophorinae
Tribe: Aphrosylini
Genus: Aphrosylus
Species:
A. aculeatus
Binomial name
Aphrosylus aculeatus
Negrobov, 1979 [1]

Aphrosylus aculeatus is a species of fly in the family Dolichopodidae. [2]

Distribution

Italy.

Related Research Articles

Empidoidea Superfamily of flies

The Empidoidea are a large monophyletic superfamily of true flies, the sister taxon to the Muscomorpha (Cyclorrhapha). These two groups are sometimes united in the unranked taxon Eremoneura. There are some 10,000 known species within Empidoidea, which are represented on all continents except Antarctica. They are known to have existed since the Jurassic period.

Dolichopodidae Family of flies

Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera. The genus Dolichopus is the most speciose, with some 600 species.

<i>Dolichopus</i> Genus of flies

Dolichopus is a large cosmopolitan genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Adults are small flies, typically less than 8 mm in length. Nearly all species are metallic greenish-blue to greenish-bronze. It is the largest genus of Dolichopodidae with more than 600 species worldwide.

<i>Condylostylus</i> Genus of flies

Condylostylus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is the second largest genus in the subfamily Sciapodinae, with more 250 species included. It has a high diversity in the Neotropical realm, where 70% of the species occur.

<i>Diaphorus</i> Genus of flies

Diaphorus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Lyroneurus is considered by some authors to be a subgenus of this genus.

<i>Tachytrechus</i> Genus of flies

Tachytrechus is a genus of long-legged flies in the family Dolichopodidae.

<i>Thinophilus</i> Genus of flies

Thinophilus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.

Hydrophorinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. According to Germann et al. (2011), the subfamily is polyphyletic.

Sciapodinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.

Dolichopodinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.

Diaphorinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.

Medeterinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.

Peloropeodinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. According to Germann et al. (2011), the subfamily is polyphyletic.

Igor Yakovlevich Grichanov is a Russian entomologist and ecologist. As a taxonomist, he specialised on Diptera notably Dolichopodidae. He joined the staff of the All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection in 1981. From 1990 he is the Head of the Laboratory of Phytosanitary Diagnostics and Forecasts. He wrote over 470 scientific papers (1979-2016). Не has described 26 new genera and over 400 new species of flies.

Abbé Octave Parent was a French entomologist who specialized in Diptera, mostly the family Dolichopodidae. He became director of the Biological Station, Ambleteuse.

Sympycninae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.

Parathalassiinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is part of an expanded concept of the family, Dolichopodidae sensu lato, and forms a monophyletic group with Dolichopodidae sensu stricto. It was once placed provisionally in the subfamily Microphorinae as the tribe Parathalassiini.

Sciapodini Tribe of flies

Sciapodini is a tribe of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.

Chrysosomatini Tribe of flies

Chrysosomatini is a tribe of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.

References

  1. Negrobov, O. P. (1979). "Dolichopodidae". Die Fliegen der Paläarktischen Region. Stuttgart: E.Schweizerbart'sche Science Publishers. 29 (321): 419–474.
  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.