Australachalcus

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Australachalcus
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Australachalcus medius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Achalcinae
Genus: Australachalcus
Pollet, 2005 [1]
Type species
Achalcus albipalpus
Parent, 1931 [1]

Australachalcus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is very closely related to the genus Achalcus , in which some of its species were originally placed. The name Australachalcus ("southern Achalcus") refers to the southern hemisphere, where the genus reaches its highest levels of species richness. [1]

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pollet, M. (2005). "Systematic revision of Neotropical Achalcus and a related new genus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, Achalcinae) with comments on their phylogeny, ecology and zoogeography". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 143 (1): 27–73. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00141.x .
  2. 1 2 3 Van Duzee, M. C. (1930). "Dolichopodidae". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile . British Museum (Natural History). 5 (1): 1–92.
  3. Pollet, M.; Stark, A. (2005). "Australachalcus japonicus sp. n. the first record of an achalcine species from Japan (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, Achalcinae)". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie. 75: 147–153.
  4. Pollet, M. A. A. (2005). "Nearctic Achalcinae with a first Australachalcus species of North America (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". European Journal of Entomology . 102 (2): 279–288. doi: 10.14411/eje.2005.039 .