Conchopus

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Conchopus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Hydrophorinae
Tribe: Aphrosylini
Genus: Conchopus
Takagi, 1965 [1]
Type species
Conchopus rectus
Takagi, 1965 [1]

Conchopus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. [2] [1] It is distributed in Japan, China, Taiwan, the Hawaiian Islands, and Wake Island. The species Conchopus borealis is also an introduced species in North America and South America. [3] Members of the genus live exclusively in the intertidal zone of rocky shores. [1] The genus is sometimes considered a synonym of Thambemyia , but is considered a valid genus by some authors. [4]

Taxonomy and species

Takagi (1965) originally divided the genus into seven species groups. According to Masunaga et al. (2005) and Masunaga & Saigusa (2010), the genus can be divided into two clades: one containing the rectus species group (including the type species), and the other containing all other species groups, for which the authors intended to propose a new genus. The latter clade they also consider to be the sister group of Thambemyia. [5] [3]

rectus species group (= Conchopus sensu stricto):

sinuatus species group:

sigmiger species group:

convergens species group:

nodulatus species group:

anomalopus species group:

abdominalis species group:

Other 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 Takagi, Sadao (1965). "A contribution to the knowledge of the marine shore Dolichopodidae of Japan (Diptera)" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 27 (2): 49–84. hdl:2115/9721 . Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  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.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Masunaga, Kazuhiro; Saigusa, Toyohei (2010). "A revision of the Hawaiian and Wake Island species of the genus Conchopus Takagi (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa . 2729: 1–35. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2729.1.1.
  4. ↑ Capellari, R. S. (2015). "First record of Thambemyia Oldroyd (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Brazil, with description of a new species". Journal of Insect Biodiversity. 3 (20): 1–7. doi: 10.12976/jib/2015.3.20 .
  5. ↑ Masunaga, K.; Saigusa, T.; Grootaert, P. (2005). "Revision of the genus Thambemyia Oldroyd (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with description of a new subgenus". Entomological Science. 8 (4): 439–455. doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00143.x.
  6. ↑ Parent, O. (1938). "Quelques dipteres dolichopodides des Iles Hawaii" (PDF). Konowia. 16: 209–219. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  7. ↑ Takagi, Sadao (1967). "On some marine shore Dolichopodidae of Taiwan (Diptera)" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 29 (2): 51–58. hdl:2115/9746.
  8. ↑ Zhu, Y.; Yang, D.; Masunaga, K. (2005). "A review of the species of Thambemyia Oldroyd (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China". Aquatic Insects. 27 (4): 299–307. doi:10.1080/01650420500328316.
  9. ↑ Grichanov, I.Ya. (2013). "A new species of Thambemyia Oldroyd, 1956 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Gujarat, India". Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 9 (1): 191–193. doi: 10.23885/1814-3326-2013-9-1-191-193 .


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