Colobocerus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Subfamily: | Sympycninae |
Genus: | Colobocerus Parent, 1933 [1] |
Species: | C. alchymicus |
Binomial name | |
Colobocerus alchymicus | |
Colobocerus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from New Zealand. It contains only one species, Colobocerus alchymicus. [2] According to Bickel (1992), Colobocerus should probably be treated as a synonym of Sympycnus . [3]
Abbemyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Australia and New Caledonia. It is named after the French entomologist Abbé Octave Parent, who studied the family Dolichopodidae.
Austrosciapus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is mainly found in Australia, though some species are also known from New Zealand, French Polynesia, Norfolk Island and the Hawaiian Islands.
Dytomyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from Australia, Madagascar and Kenya, with an undescribed species from Papua New Guinea.
Helixocerus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from New Caledonia, American Samoa and Western Samoa.
Heteropsilopus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. The genus comprises large-sized sciapodines mostly with a strongly sinuate m-cu and simple digitiform cercus. The strongly sinuate m-cu is considered to be a distinctive group autapomorphy.
Krakatauia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Mesorhaga is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Narrabeenia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, living in Australia and named for Narrabeen, New South Wales.
Naufraga hexachaeta is a species of fly in the family Dolichopodidae. It is the only member of the genus Naufraga, and is found in New Zealand.
Negrobovia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae found in Australia. It is named in honor of O.P. Negrobov.
Parentia is a large genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Pilbara octava is a species of fly in the family Dolichopodidae from Australia, and the only member of the genus Pilbara. The genus is named after the Pilbara region of Western Australia, where P. octava was found. In particular, the only known location of P. octava is at Millstream, Fortescue River.
Plagiozopelma is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Pseudoparentia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from Australia.
Yumbera is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania. The generic name is an Australian aboriginal word meaning "fly".
Sciapodinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Members of the subfamily possess several ancestral characteristics of the family, such as branched vein M1+2 in the wings (though M2 is absent or reduced in Mesorhagini) and a pedunculate hypopygium. They also typically have a deeply excavated vertex, giving their heads the appearance of a dumbbell when viewed from the front.
Pindaia is a genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae from the Australasian realm. The genus is named after the New Caledonian place name "Pindai".
Lapita is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from New Caledonia, Fiji and Vanuatu.
Nothorhaphium is a genus of flies belonging to the family Dolichopodidae. It includes four species from Australia and a single species from New Guinea. Nothorhaphium superficially resembles the genus Rhaphium, but it belongs in the subfamily Sympycninae and is thought to be closely related to the genera Syntormon, Parasyntormon and Ceratopos. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek νόθος, and Rhaphium.