Micropygus

Micropygus
Micropygus bipunctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Sympycninae
Genus:	Micropygus Bickel & Dyte, 1989 [1]
Type species
Micropygus bifenestratus Parent, 1933 [2]
Synonyms
Micropygus Parent, 1933 (unavailable) [2]

Micropygus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is native to New Zealand, though the species Micropygus vagans is also found in the British Isles as an introduced species. ^[3] The genus was originally named by Octave Parent in 1933. However, as the genus was not designated a type species, this name was unavailable until 1989, when Daniel J. Bickel and C. E. Dyte designated Micropygus bifenestratus as the type species. ^[1]

Species

There are 16 species included in the genus: ^[1]

• Micropygus bifenestratus Parent, 1933
• Micropygus bipunctatus Parent, 1933
• Micropygus brevicornis Parent, 1933
• Micropygus brevithorax Parent, 1933
• Micropygus divergens Parent, 1933
• Micropygus inornatus Parent, 1933
• Micropygus lacustris Parent, 1933
• Micropygus nigripes Parent, 1933
• Micropygus puerulus Parent, 1933
• Micropygus pulchellus Parent, 1933
• Micropygus ripicola Parent, 1933
• Micropygus serratus Parent, 1933
• Micropygus striatus Parent, 1933
• Micropygus tarsatus Parent, 1933
• Micropygus transiens Parent, 1933
• Micropygus vagans Parent, 1933

References

1. Bickel, D. J.; Dyte, C. E. (1989). "Family Dolichopodidae" (PDF). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions: 393–418. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
2. Parent, O. (1933). "Étude monographique sur les Diptères Dolichopodides de Nouvelle Zélande". Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles. Série B. Sciences Physiques et Naturelles. 53: 325–441.
3. Drake, Martin (Autumn 2014). "Micropygus vagans Parent – our spreading non-native dolichopodid" (PDF). Empidid & Dolichopodid Recording Scheme (19): 1.