Sciapodinae

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Sciapodinae
Temporal range: Eocene–Present
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Sciapus platypterus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Sciapodinae
Becker, 1917
Genera

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Synonyms

Chrysosomatinae

Sciapodinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. [1] [2] [3] Members of the subfamily possess several ancestral characteristics of the family, such as branched vein M1+2 in the wings (though M2 is absent or reduced in Mesorhagini) and a pedunculate hypopygium. They also typically have a deeply excavated vertex, giving their heads the appearance of a dumbbell when viewed from the front. [4]

Members of Sciapodinae are most diverse in South America, sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent, South-east Asia and Australasia. The subfamily is suggested to have originated during the Early Cretaceous on the supercontinent Gondwana, which is supported by vicariant distributions in the genera Heteropsilopus , Condylostylus and Parentia . [4]

Genera

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Abbemyia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Australia and New Caledonia. It is named after the French entomologist Abbé Octave Parent, who studied the family Dolichopodidae.

<i>Amblypsilopus</i> Genus of flies

Amblypsilopus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is a large genus, with about 350 species recorded. However, it is possibly polyphyletic.

Bickeliolus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It was originally a subgenus of Ethiosciapus, but was later raised to genus rank in 1998.

<i>Chrysosoma</i> Genus of flies

Chrysosoma is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is a large genus, with more than 200 species distributed in the Old World and Oceania.

<i>Condylostylus</i> Genus of flies

Condylostylus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is the second largest genus in the subfamily Sciapodinae, with more 250 species included. It has a high diversity in the Neotropical realm, where 70% of the species occur.

Corindia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known mainly from the Afrotropical and Australasian realms, with a single species from the Palaearctic realm and an undescribed species also known from the Neotropical realm. The genus was first described in 1986 by Daniel J. Bickel, who originally considered it to be the sister group of the genus Thrypticus. Bickel later suggested that Corindia may represent a plesiomorphic and paraphlyetic assemblage from which Thrypticus arose.

Ethiosciapus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.

Helixocerus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from New Caledonia, American Samoa and Western Samoa.

<i>Lichtwardtia</i> Genus of flies

Lichtwardtia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from the Afrotropical, Oriental and Australasian realms. It can be recognised by its zigzag-shaped M vein on the wings, and its feather-like hairs on the apex segment of the antennae. In a phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily Dolichopodinae by Scott E. Brooks in 2005, Lichtwardtia is considered to be a synonym of Dolichopus, but subsequent authors have retained it as a valid genus.

Mesorhaga is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.

Plagiozopelma is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Medeterinae</span> Subfamily of flies

Medeterinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.

Pindaia is a genus of fly in the family Dolichopodidae from the Australasian realm. The genus is named after the New Caledonian place name "Pindai".

Lapita is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from New Caledonia, Fiji and Vanuatu.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sciapodini</span> Tribe of flies

Sciapodini is a tribe of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.

Mesorhagini is a tribe of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chrysosomatini</span> Tribe of flies

Chrysosomatini is a tribe of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.

Pouebo symmetricauda is a species of fly belonging to the family Dolichopodidae. It is the only member of the genus Pouebo, and was described from New Caledonia.

References

  1. ↑ Grichanov, I. Ya (1999). A check list of Genera of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Studia Dipterologica. pp. 327–332pp.
  2. ↑ D'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M. (1978). Dolichopodidae (Diptera, Orthorrhapha, Brachycera) (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/5). London: Royal Entomological Society of London. p. 90 pp.
  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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Bickel, D. J. (1994). "The Australian Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a review of the Oriental and Australasian faunas, and a world conspectus of the subfamily" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement. 21: 1–394. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.21.1994.50 . Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Schiner, Ignaz Rudolph (1868). Diptera in: Wüllerstorf-Urbair, Bernhard, Freiherr von (ed)Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von W. Vol. 2. Wien: Kaiserlich-K1861-75. pp. vi + 388pp. 4 pls. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
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  7. ↑ Bigot, Jacques Marie Frangile (1859). "Essai d'une classification générale et synoptique de l'ordre des insectes diptères. VII memoire. Tribus des Rhaphidi et Dolichopodid (Mihi).)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 7 (3): 201–231. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  8. 1 2 Bickel, D. J. (2002). "The Sciapodinae of New Caledonia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". In Grandcolas, P.; Najt, J. (eds.). Zoologia Neocaledonica 5. Systématique et endémisme en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Vol. 187. pp. 11–83. ISBN   2-85653-179-2.
  9. ↑ Bickel, D. J. (1991). "Sciapodinae, Medeterinae (Insecta: Diptera) with a generic review of the Dolichopodidae" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand . 23 (published 13 Jan 1992): 1–74. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  10. ↑ Yang, D. (2001). "Diptera: Dolichopodidae". In Wu, H. & Pan, C. (eds.). Insects of Tianmushan National Nature Reserve (in Chinese and English). Beijing: Science Press. pp. 428–441.
  11. 1 2 Grichanov, I. Y. (1996). "Afrotropical species of the genus Ethiosciapus Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Dipterological Research. 7 (3): 223–227. ISSN   1021-1020.
  12. ↑ Grichanov, I. Y. (1997). "Giganosciapus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new genus from tropical Africa". Dipterological Research. 8 (1): 79–83. ISSN   1021-1020.
  13. 1 2 Enderlein, G. (1912). "Zur Kenntnis aussereuropäischer Dolichopodiden I tribus Psilodini". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Jena (Suppl.). 15 (1): 367–408. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
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  15. ↑ Bickel, D. J. (2008). "Pouebo (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a remarkable new genus from New Caledonia, with secondary symmetry in the male postabdomen". In Grandcolas, P. (ed.). Zoologia Neocaledonica 6. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Vol. 197. pp. 49–55. ISBN   978-2-85653-605-6.
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