Colobocerus

Colobocerus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Sympycninae
Genus:	Colobocerus ; Parent, 1933
Species:	C. alchymicus
Binomial name
	Colobocerus alchymicus; Parent, 1933

Last updated July 29, 2025

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]

References

1 2 Parent, Octave (1933). "Étude monographique sur les Diptères Dolichopodides de Nouvelle Zélande". Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles. Série B. Sciences Physiques et Naturelles. 53: 325–441.
↑ Evenhius, N. L. (17 April 2016). "Family Dolichopodidae". In Evenhius, N. L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
↑ Bickel, D. J. (1991). "Sciapodinae, Medeterinae (Insecta: Diptera) with a generic review of the Dolichopodidae" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand . 23 (published 13 Jan 1992): 1–74. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.

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[Parent1933c-1] 1 2 Parent, Octave (1933). "Étude monographique sur les Diptères Dolichopodides de Nouvelle Zélande". Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles. Série B. Sciences Physiques et Naturelles. 53: 325–441.

[2] Evenhius, N. L. (17 April 2016). "Family Dolichopodidae". In Evenhius, N. L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version). Retrieved 17 January 2023.

[Bickel1991-3] Bickel, D. J. (1991). "Sciapodinae, Medeterinae (Insecta: Diptera) with a generic review of the Dolichopodidae" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand . 23 (published 13 Jan 1992): 1–74. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.

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