Argyra leucocephala

Argyra leucocephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Genus:	Argyra
Species:	A. leucocephala
Binomial name
	Argyra leucocephala; (Meigen, 1824)
Synonyms
	?Musca semiargentata Donovan, 1795; Porphyrops fulgens Haliday, 1832; Porphyrops leucocephala Meigen, 1824; Dolichopus vivida Meigen, 1824; Dolichopus argentella Zetterstedt, 1843;

Last updated October 08, 2025

Argyra leucocephala is a species of fly in the family Dolichopodidae. It is distributed in Europe, except for the southeast.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

1 2 Meigen, J. W. (1824). "Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten". Vierter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann, Hamm.: xii + 428 pp.
↑ Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN 978-7-81117-102-0.
↑ Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4
↑ d'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M. (1978). "Dolichopodidae (Diptera, Orthorrhapha, Brachycera)" (PDF). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects . 9 (5). London: Royal Entomological Society of London: 1–90. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
↑ Pollet, M.; Andrade, R.; Gonçalves, A.; Andrade, P.; Jacinto, V.; Almeida, J.; De Braekeleer, A.; Van Calster, H.; Brosens, D. (2019). "Dipterological surveys in Portugal unveil 200 species of long-legged flies, with over 170 new to the country (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Zootaxa . 4649 (1): 1–69. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4649.1.1. PMID 31716932.

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[Meigen1824-1] 1 2 Meigen, J. W. (1824). "Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten". Vierter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann, Hamm.: xii + 428 pp.

[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 978-7-81117-102-0.

[3] Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN 81-205-0080-6 ISBN 81-205-0081-4

[Fonseca1978-4] 'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M. (1978). "Dolichopodidae (Diptera, Orthorrhapha, Brachycera)" (PDF). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects . 9 (5). London: Royal Entomological Society of London: 1–90. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

[5] Pollet, M.; Andrade, R.; Gonçalves, A.; Andrade, P.; Jacinto, V.; Almeida, J.; De Braekeleer, A.; Van Calster, H.; Brosens, D. (2019). "Dipterological surveys in Portugal unveil 200 species of long-legged flies, with over 170 new to the country (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Zootaxa . 4649 (1): 1–69. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4649.1.1. PMID 31716932.

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