Ethiosciapus

Ethiosciapus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Sciapodinae
Tribe:	Chrysosomatini
Genus:	Ethiosciapus ; Bickel, 1994
Type species
	Psilopus bilobatus; (= Psilopus flavirostris Loew, 1858); Lamb, 1922

Last updated December 20, 2023

Ethiosciapus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.^[1]

Species

Ethiosciapus bicalcaratus (Parent, 1933)
Ethiosciapus exarmatus (Parent, 1933)
Ethiosciapus finitimus (Parent, 1939)^[2]
Ethiosciapus flavirostris (Loew, 1858)
Ethiosciapus inflexus (Becker, 1923)^[3]^[2]
Ethiosciapus latipes (Parent, 1929)

Species that are now synonyms:

Ethiosciapus bilobatus(Lamb, 1922): synonym of Ethiosciapus flavirostris (Loew, 1858)^[4]
Ethiosciapus dilectus(Parent, 1935): synonym of Ethiosciapus inflexus (Becker, 1923)^[4]
Ethiosciapus integer(Becker, 1923):^[3] synonym of Ethiosciapus flavirostris (Loew, 1858)^[4]

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References

1 2 Bickel, D. J. (1994). "The Australian Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a review of the Oriental and Australasian faunas, and a world conspectus of the subfamily" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement. 21: 1–394. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.21.1994.50 . Retrieved 10 September 2015.
1 2 Grichanov, I. Ya. (1998). "New data on Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with a revised catalogue and keys to Afrotropical species of the subfamily" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 68: 79–130.
1 2 Becker, Theodor (1923). "Dipterologische Studien. Dolichopodidae. D. Aethiopische Region". Entomologische Mitteilungen. 12: 1–50.
1 2 3 Grichanov, I.Ya. (2021). "New species and new records of the Afrotropical Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society. 92: 42–65.

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[Bickel1994-1] 1 2 Bickel, D. J. (1994). "The Australian Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a review of the Oriental and Australasian faunas, and a world conspectus of the subfamily" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement. 21: 1–394. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.21.1994.50 . Retrieved 10 September 2015.

[Grichanov1998-2] 1 2 Grichanov, I. Ya. (1998). "New data on Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with a revised catalogue and keys to Afrotropical species of the subfamily" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 68: 79–130.

[Becker1923-3] 1 2 Becker, Theodor (1923). "Dipterologische Studien. Dolichopodidae. D. Aethiopische Region". Entomologische Mitteilungen. 12: 1–50.

[Grichanov2021-4] 1 2 3 Grichanov, I.Ya. (2021). "New species and new records of the Afrotropical Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society. 92: 42–65.

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