Grootaertia

Grootaertia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Medeterinae
Genus:	Grootaertia ; Grichanov, 1999
Type species
	Grootaertia kuznetsovi ; Grichanov, 1999

Last updated November 14, 2023

Grootaertia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from the Afrotropical realm. The genus is named after the Belgian entomologist Patrick Grootaert.^[1]

Species

Grootaertia anomalipennis Grichanov, 1999^[1]
Grootaertia anomalopyga Grichanov, 1999^[1]
Grootaertia asymmetrica Grichanov, 1999^[1]
Grootaertia bistylata Grichanov, 1999^[1]
Grootaertia brevipennis Grichanov, 2000^[2]
Grootaertia irwini Grichanov, 2000^[2]
Grootaertia kuznetsovi Grichanov, 1999^[1]
Grootaertia skorpionensis Grichanov, Kirk-Spriggs & Grootaert, 2006^[3]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Grichanov, I.Ya. (1999). "A brief review of the Afrotropical fauna of the subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with descriptions of a new genus and new species" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie. 69: 87–112.
1 2 Grichanov, Igor Grichanov (2000). "New Afrotropical Sciapodinae and Medeterinae with a review of Namibian Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Studia dipterologica. 7: 399–435.
↑ Grichanov, I. Y.; Kirk-Spriggs, A. H.; Grootaert, P. (2006). "An annotated checklist of Namibian Dolichopodidae (Diptera) with the description of a new species of Grootaertia and a key to species of the genus" (PDF). African Invertebrates . 47: 207–227. hdl:10520/EJC84561 . Retrieved 12 October 2019.

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[Grichanov1999-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Grichanov, I.Ya. (1999). "A brief review of the Afrotropical fauna of the subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with descriptions of a new genus and new species" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie. 69: 87–112.

[Grichanov2000-2] 1 2 Grichanov, Igor Grichanov (2000). "New Afrotropical Sciapodinae and Medeterinae with a review of Namibian Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Studia dipterologica. 7: 399–435.

[Grichanovb2006-3] Grichanov, I. Y.; Kirk-Spriggs, A. H.; Grootaert, P. (2006). "An annotated checklist of Namibian Dolichopodidae (Diptera) with the description of a new species of Grootaertia and a key to species of the genus" (PDF). African Invertebrates . 47: 207–227. hdl:10520/EJC84561 . Retrieved 12 October 2019.

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