Sciapus

Sciapus
Sciapus platypterus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Sciapodinae
Tribe:	Sciapodini
Genus:	Sciapus Zeller, 1842
Type species
Dolichopus platypterus Fabricius, 1805 [1]
Diversity
about 82 species
Synonyms [2]
Leptopus Fallén, 1823 (Preocc.) Psilopus Meigen, 1824 (Preocc.) Stenarus Gistl, 1848 Psylopus Rondani, 1850 (Missp.) [3] Psilopodius Rondani, 1861 Psilopodinus Bigot, 1888 PsilopiellaVan Duzee, 1914 Sciopus Parent, 1925 (Missp.) Agastoplax Enderlein, 1936 Dactylodiscia Enderlein, 1936 (Unav.) Dactylorhipis Enderlein, 1936 Placantichir Enderlein, 1936 (Unav.) DactylodisciaAnonymous in Imperial Institute of Entomology, 1937 (Preocc.) [2] PlacantichirAnonymous in Imperial Institute of Entomology, 1937 [2]

Sciapus is a genus of long-legged flies in the family Dolichopodidae. ^{[4] [5] [6]} There are about 82 described species in Sciapus. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

Gallery

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  Sciapus contristans

See also

• List of Sciapus species

References

1. Fabricius, Johan Christian (1805). Systema rhyngotorum: secundum ordines, genera, species : adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
2. 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.
3. O'Hara, James E.; Cerretti, Pierfilippo; Pape, Thomas; Evenhuis, Neal L. (2011). "Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part II: Camillo Rondani" (PDF). Zootaxa . 3141: 1–268. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3141.1.1.
4. Grichanov, I. Ya (1999). A check list of Genera of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Studia Dipterologica. pp. 327–332pp.
5. D'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M. (1978). Dolichopodidae (Diptera, Orthorrhapha, Brachycera) (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/5) (PDF). London: Royal Entomological Society of London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
6. 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.
7. "Sciapus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
8. "Browse Sciapus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
9. "Sciapus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
10. "Sciapus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.