Micromorphus

Micromorphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Peloropeodinae
Genus:	Micromorphus Mik, 1878 [1]
Type species
Hydrophorus albipes Zetterstedt, 1843
Synonyms [2]
CachonopusVaillant, 1953 [3] ( nomen nudum ) [4]

Micromorphus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. ^[5]

Species

• Micromorphus aereus (Vaillant, 1953) ^[3] – Algeria
• Micromorphus albipes (Zetterstedt, 1843) – Europe, Algeria, Azores, China, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Mongolia, Morocco, Turkey, West Bank
• Micromorphus alpester Negrobov, 2000 ^[6] – Tajikistan
• Micromorphus alutaceus Negrobov, 2000 ^[6] – Tajikistan
• Micromorphus amurensis Negrobov, 2000 ^[6] – Russia (Primorye)
• Micromorphus aristalis (Curran, 1926) – South Africa (Eastern Cape: East London)
• Micromorphus asymmetricus Robinson, 1967 ^[7] – Mexico
• Micromorphus bifrons Robinson, 1964 ^[8] – United States
• Micromorphus brasiliensis (Van Duzee, 1933) ^{[9] [10]} – Brazil
• Micromorphus caudatus (Aldrich, 1902) ^{[11] [12]} – West Indies, Central America
• Micromorphus claripennis (Strobl, 1899) ^[13] – Germany, Spain, Russia
• Micromorphus ethiopiensis Grichanov, 2013 ^[14] – Ethiopia
• Micromorphus fulvosetosus Parent, 1929 ^[15] – United States, Mexico
• Micromorphus grichanovi Negrobov, 2000 ^[6] – Afghanistan, Tajikistan
• Micromorphus jakutensis Negrobov, 2000 ^[6] – Russia (Yakutia)
• Micromorphus jinshanensis (Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2009) ^{[16] [17]} – China (Beijing), Russia (Primorye)
• Micromorphus knowltoni Robinson, 1967 ^[7] – United States
• Micromorphus leucostoma Robinson, 1967 ^[7] – Washington
• Micromorphus limosorum (Vaillant, 1953) ^[3] – Italy, Algeria
• Micromorphus lithophilus Robinson, 1967 ^[7] – Mexico
• Micromorphus longilamellatus Robinson, 1964 ^[8] – United States
• Micromorphus maraisi Grichanov, 2000 – Namibia
• Micromorphus mesasiaticus Negrobov, 2000 ^[6] – Tajikistan
• Micromorphus micidus Parent, 1937 ^[18] – Costa Rica, Guatemala
• Micromorphus minimus (Van Duzee, 1925) ^[19] – Canada, United States
• Micromorphus minusculus Negrobov, 2000 ^[6] – Tajikistan, Ukraine
• Micromorphus plebeius Parent, 1930 ^[20] – Brazil
• Micromorphus rishikeshensis Grichanov, 2022 ^[21] – India
• Micromorphus shamshevi Negrobov, 2000 ^[6] – Ukraine
• Micromorphus spatulipes Parent, 1937 ^[18] – Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe
• Micromorphus ugandensis Grichanov, 2013 ^[14] – Uganda
• Micromorphus vegrandis (Frey, 1925) – Philippines

Species that may belong to other genera: ^[21]

• Micromorphus ellampus Wei, 2006 ^[22] – China (Guizhou)
• Micromorphus heterophalla Wei & Yang, 2007 – China (Guizhou)
• Micromorphus paludosus (Karl, 1921) ( incertae sedis ) – Poland

References

1. Mik, Josef (1878). "Dipterologische Untersuchungen". Jahresber. K. K. Akad. Gymnasium: 1–24, 1 pl.
2. Negrobov, O.P.; Maslova, O.O.; Selivanova, O.V. (2007). "New data on systematics of family Dolichopodidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 16 (2): 243–244.
3. Vaillant, F. (1953). "Sur quelques Dolichopodidae du Tassili n'Ajjer". Misc. Sci. Tassili Ajjer, Rech. Zool. Med.: 1–18.
4. Evenhuis, Neal L.; Pape, Thomas; Pont, Adrian C. (2008). "The problems of subsequent typification in genus-group names and use of the Zoological Record: a study of selected post-1930 Diptera genus-group names without type species designations" (PDF). Zootaxa . 1912: 1–44. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1912.1.1.
5. Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2017). "Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). 2nd ed" (PDF). Plant Protection News, Supplements (23). St.Petersburg: All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR). doi:10.5281/zenodo.884863.
6. Negrobov, O. P. (2000). "Revision of the Palaearctic species of the genus Micromorphus Mik (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Dipterological Research. 11 (1): 19–26.
7. Robinson, Harold Ernest (1967). "New species of Dolichopodidae from the United States and Mexico (Diptera)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 69: 114–127. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
8. Robinson, H. E. (1964). "A synopsis of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the southeastern United States and adjacent regions". Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America. 4: 103–192.
9. Van Duzee, Millard Carr (1933). "New American Dolichopidae" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (655). New York City: The American Museum of Natural History: 1–20. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
10. Capellari, R.S.; Almeida, K.F. de (2024). "On the identity of three species of Chrysotus Meigen (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) described from Brazil by Millard C. Van Duzee". Journal of Insect Biodiversity. 45 (1): 18–27. doi:10.12976/jib/2024.45.1.3.
11. Aldrich, J. M. (1902). "Dolichopodidae of Grenada, W. I." Kansas University Science Bulletin. 1 (3): 75–94, pl. 4.
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13. Strobl, P. Gabriel. "Spanische Dipteren. IV. Theil". Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 18: 117–128.
14. Grichanov, I.Ya. (2013). "Afrotropical species of the genus Micromorphus Mik, 1878 (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal . 12 (6): 607–611.
15. Parent, Octave (1929). "Etude sur les Dolichopodides exotiques de la collection von Roder". Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles B. 49: 169–246.
16. Wang, M.; Yang, D.; Grootaert, P. (2009). "New species of Nepalomyia from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa . 2162: 37–49. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2162.1.3.
17. Grichanov, I.Ya. (2020). "New records of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Russian Primorye and notes on some Chinese species" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 29 (4): 432–438. doi: 10.15298/rusentj.29.4.12 .
18. Parent, Octave (1937). "Diptères Dolichopodides. Espèces et localités nouvelles". Bulletin & Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 77 (3): 125–148.
19. Van Duzee, Millard C. (1925). "New North American species of Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 32 (3): 178–189. doi: 10.1155/1925/51936 .
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21. Grichanov, I.Ya. (2022). "First reliable record of the genus Micromorphus Mik, 1878 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Oriental Region, with the description of a new species from India". Russian Entomological Journal. 31 (4): 422–425. doi: 10.15298/rusentj.31.4.13 .
22. Wei, L.M. (2006). Dolichopodidae. In: Li Z.Z. & Jin D.C. (eds)Insects from Fanjingshan Landscape. Guiyang: Guizhou Science and Technology Publishing House. pp. 468–502. ISBN   9787806624517.