Scellus

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Scellus
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Scellus notatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Hydrophorinae
Tribe: Hydrophorini
Genus: Scellus
Loew, 1857 [1]
Type species
Hydrophorus spinimanus

Scellus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. [3] It is distributed in the Palearctic and Nearctic.

Males of the genus have a pair of flag-like appendages, known as "signa" (singular "signum"), that emanate laterally from between the 4th and 5th abdominal segments. These appendages are connected together by a band under the sternites, forming a U-shaped structure called the "cingulum". It has been suggested by researchers that these appendages are used for visual signalling or pheromone dispersal during courtship. The genus Hydatostega also has a cingulum, but much reduced, suggesting that Scellus and Hydatostega are closely related. [4] [5]

Species

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References

  1. ↑ Loew, Hermann (1857). "Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Dipteren. Sechster Beitrag". Programme der Königlichen Realschule zu Meseritz: 1–56. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 Zetterstedt, J. W. (1842). Diptera Scandinaviae. Disposita et descripta (in Latin). Vol. 2. Lundae: Officina Lundbergiana. pp. 441–894. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  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. ↑ Runyon, Justin (2008). "The cingulum: A unique structure of some Dolichopodidae" (PDF). Fly Times (41): 3.
  5. ↑ Schusteff, Aaron (16 December 2015). "Curated Scellus virago specimen from the CAS - Scellus virago - ♂". BugGuide. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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  13. ↑ Naglis, S. (2012). "New records of Hydrophorinae (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Turkey, with the description of a new species of Scellus Loew". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft. 85 (1–2): 45–49. doi: 10.5169/seals-403038 .
  14. ↑ Harmston, F. C. (1939). "A new Scellus Dolichopodidae Diptera with key to males". Proceedings of the Utah Academy of Sciences. 16: 71–73.
  15. 1 2 Osten Sacken, Karl Robert (1877). "Western Diptera: Descriptions of new genera and species of Diptera from the region west of the Mississippi and especially from California". [U.S. Department of the Interior] Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. 3: 189–354. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
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