Hercostomus

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Hercostomus
Hercostomus nigripennis male, Harlech, North Wales, July 2013 (16870186196).jpg
Hercostomus nigripennis North Wales
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Dolichopodinae
Genus: Hercostomus
Loew, 1857
Type species
Sybistroma longiventris
Loew, 1857
Synonyms [1]

Hercostomus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. [3] It is a large genus, containing more than 483 species worldwide. [4] Multiple studies have shown that Hercostomus is a polyphyletic assemblage of species. [1] [5] [6]

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Species groups

The genus currently includes the following species groups, at least 25 of which are known from China: [7]

The Palearctic species of Hercostomus are traditionally separated into five numbered groups, based on the coloration of the femora, postocular setae and antennae: [4]

In 1999, Igor Grichanov divided the Afrotropical species of Hercostomus into three numbered groups. [19] Two of these have since been separated into their own genera: [20]

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<i>Gymnopternus</i> Genus of flies

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References

  1. 1 2 Brooks, Scott E. (2005). "Systematics and phylogeny of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa . 857: 1–158. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.857.1.1.
  2. ↑ Becker, T. (1922). "Dipterologische Studien: Dolichopodidae der Indo-Australischen Region". Capita Zoologica. 1 (4): 1–247.
  3. ↑ Grichanov, I. Ya (1999). A check list of Genera of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Studia Dipterologica. pp. 327–332pp.
  4. 1 2 Naglis, S.; Negrobov, O. P. (2017). "West Palaearctic species of the Hercostomus species-group III (Diptera, Dolichopodidae), with description of a new species from Turkey" (PDF). Alpine Entomology. 1 (1): 33–38. doi: 10.3897/alpento.1.20463 .
  5. ↑ Pollet, M.; Germann, C.; Tanner, S.; Bernasconi, M. V. (2010). "Hypotheses from mitochondrial DNA: congruence and conflict between DNA sequences and morphology in Dolichopodinae systematics (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Invertebrate Systematics. 24 (1): 32–50. doi:10.1071/IS09040.
  6. 1 2 Tang, C.; Zhang, L.; Yang, D. (2014). "New species of Hercostomus baishanzuensis group from Tibet (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, Dolichopodinae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3881 (6): 549–562. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3881.6.4.
  7. 1 2 Qilemoge; Liu, X.; Yang, D. (2017). "A Review of the Hercostomus ulrichi Group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China, with Descriptions of Two New Species". Transactions of the American Entomological Society . 143 (3): 701–711. doi:10.3157/061.143.0301.
  8. 1 2 Yang, D.; Grootaert, P. (1999). "Dolichopodidae (Diptera: Empidoidea) from Xishuangbanna (China, Yunnan province): the Dolichopodinae and the genus Chaetogonopteron (I)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 69: 251–277.
  9. ↑ Zhang, L.; Yang, D. (2010). "New Species of Hercostomus absimilis Group from Yunnan, China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Annales Zoologici . 60 (4): 559–564. doi:10.3161/000345410X550418.
  10. 1 2 3 Yang, D.; Saigusa, T. (2001). "New and little known species of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from China (X): The species of Hercostomus from Yunnan" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 71: 189–236.
  11. ↑ Zhang, L.; Yang, D. (2007). "Species of Hercostomus crassivena-group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society . 133 (1–2): 155–159. doi:10.3157/0002-8320(2007)133[155:SOHCDD]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR   25078956.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Yang, D.; Saigusa, T. (2002). "The species of Hercostomus from the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi, China (Diptera, Empidoidea, Dolichopodidae)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift . 49 (1): 61–88. doi:10.1002/mmnd.20020490106.
  13. ↑ Liao, Y.; Zhou, S.; Yang, D. (2007). "Species of the Hercostomus fatuus-group from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society . 133 (3–4): 335–339. doi:10.3157/0002-8320-133.3.335.
  14. ↑ Liao, Y.; Zhou, S.; Yang, D. (2006). "Two new species of the Hercostomus hamatus group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 76: 49–53.
  15. ↑ Zhang, L.; Yang, D.; Masunaga, K. (2005). "Review of the Hercostomus (Hercostomus) Incisus-Group from the Oriental Realm (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society . 131 (3–4): 419–424. JSTOR   25078901.
  16. ↑ Tang, C.; Pan, Z.; Yang, D. (2016). "New Species of the Hercostomus nanlingensis Group from Tibet (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Entomological News . 125 (5): 305–314. doi:10.3157/021.125.0501.
  17. ↑ Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2015). "Palaearctic species of the Hercostomus plagiatus group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with description of a new species from the Middle East" (PDF). Zootaxa . 3918 (3): 424–432. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3918.3.6. PMID   25781102.
  18. ↑ Zhang, L.; Yang, D.; Masunaga, K. (2007). "The Hercostomus ulrichi group from Palaearctic China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Entomologica Fennica. 18: 32–35.
  19. ↑ Grichanov, Igor Ya. (1999). "Afrotropical species of the genus Hercostomus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". International Journal of Dipterological Research. 10 (1): 7–44.
  20. ↑ Grichanov, I. Ya. (2011). "A key to the Afrotropical genera of the subfamily Dolichopodinae with descriptions of new taxa (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist (234): 1–33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
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