Pseudoparaclius

Pseudoparaclius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Dolichopodinae
Genus:	Pseudoparaclius Grichanov, 2006 [1]
Type species
Pelastoneurus brincki Vanschuytbroeck, 1960 [2]

Pseudoparaclius is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. ^{[3] [4]} It was established by Igor Grichanov in 2006, for 14 species from Africa that were originally placed in Paracleius (now a synonym of Pelastoneurus ). Two additional species were described in 2015 and 2020.

Species

• Pseudoparaclius afer (Curran, 1936) ^[5] – ?Kenya, South Africa
• Pseudoparaclius atricornis (Parent, 1934) ^[6] – Zimbabwe
• Pseudoparaclius brincki (Vanschuytbroeck, 1960) ^[2] – South Africa
• Pseudoparaclius caudatus (Parent, 1934) ^[6] – Kenya
• Pseudoparaclius funditor (Curran, 1936) ^[5] – South Africa
• Pseudoparaclius kabasha (Grichanov, 2004) ^[7] – DR Congo
• Pseudoparaclius manningi Grichanov, 2020 ^[8] – South Africa
• Pseudoparaclius maranguensis (Vanschuytbroeck, 1964) ^[9] – DR Congo, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda
• Pseudoparaclius miritarsus (Grichanov, 2004) ^[7] – Angola
• Pseudoparaclius ngarukaensis (Vanschuytbroeck, 1964) ^[9] – Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania
• Pseudoparaclius obscoenus (Wiedemann, 1830) – South Africa
• Pseudoparaclius ogojaensis (Vanschuytbroeck, 1962) ^[10] – Nigeria
• Pseudoparaclius sanjensis (Grichanov, 2004) – Tanzania
• Pseudoparaclius udzungwa Kaae, Grichanov & Pape, 2015 ^[11] – Tanzania
• Pseudoparaclius upembaensis (Grichanov, 2004) ^[7] – DR Congo
• Pseudoparaclius zogualensis (Grichanov, 2004) ^[7] – Ivory Coast

References

1. Grichanov, I. Y. (2006). "New genera and new combinations for afrotropical Dolichopodinae (Dolichopodidae, Diptera)". International Journal of Dipterological Research. 17: 23–34.
2. Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1960). Diptera (Brachycera, Orthorrhapha): Dolichopodidae. In: Hanström B, Brinck P & Rudebeck G (eds) South Aftrican Life Results of the Lund University in 1950–1951. 7. Göteborg, Stockholm, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell. pp. 316–324.
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.
4. Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2018). "An annotated catalogue of afrotropical Dolichopodoidae (Diptera)". Plant Protection News, Supplements (25). St.Petersburg: All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR). doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1187006 .
5. Curran, Charles Howard (1926). "Records of African Dolichopodidae with descriptions of new species". Revue zoologique africaine. 14 (1): 1–39.
6. Parent, Octave (1934). "Additions a la faune ethiopienne (Dipteres: Dolichopodides)". Bulletin de la Société entomologique d'Égypte. 18: 112–138.
7. Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2004). "Review of Afrotropical Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Plant Protection News, Supplements. St.Petersburg: All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection RAAS: 1–244. ISSN   1815-3682.
8. Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2020). "A new species of Pseudoparaclius Grichanov (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from South Africa". Nature Conservation Research. 5 (2): 1–6. doi: 10.24189/ncr.2020.012 .
9. Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1964). "Dipteres Dolichopodidae d'Afrique Orientale et meridionale (Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zoologischen Ostafrika-Expedition 1951/52, Gruppe Lindner—Stuttgart, Nr. 39, und Ergebnisse der Forschungsreise Lindner 1958/59—Nr.17)" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. 130: 1–6. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
10. Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1962). "Diptères Dolichopodides Africains". Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines. 62: 352–356.
11. Kaae, M.E.; Grichanov, I.; Pape, T. (2015). "A new species of Pseudoparaclius Grichanov (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania, and a key to Afrotropical species". Zootaxa . 4018 (1): 137–145. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4018.1.8. PMID   26624033.