Helixocerus

Helixocerus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Sciapodinae
Tribe:	Sciapodini
Genus:	Helixocerus ; Lamb, 1929
Type species
	Helixocerus mendosus ; Lamb, 1929

Last updated November 15, 2023

Helixocerus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from New Caledonia, American Samoa and Western Samoa.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Species

Helixocerus koghis Bickel, 2002^[4]
Helixocerus mendosus Lamb, 1929

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References

↑ 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 10 April 2018.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ Bickel, D. J. (2002). "The Sciapodinae of New Caledonia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". In Grandcolas, P.; Najt, J. (eds.). Zoologia Neocaledonica 5. Systématique et endémisme en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Vol. 187. pp. 11–83. ISBN 2-85653-179-2.

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[1] 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 10 April 2018.

[Bickel1994-2] 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.

[Yang2007-3] 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.

[Bickel2002-4] Bickel, D. J. (2002). "The Sciapodinae of New Caledonia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". In Grandcolas, P.; Najt, J. (eds.). Zoologia Neocaledonica 5. Systématique et endémisme en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Vol. 187. pp. 11–83. ISBN 2-85653-179-2.

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