Tenuopus

Tenuopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Tenuopodinae Grichanov, 2018 [1]
Genus:	Tenuopus Curran, 1924 [2]
Type species
Saucropus univittatus (misidentification) ( = Tenuopus erroneus Parent, 1934) Loew, 1858

Tenuopus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is the only genus in the subfamily Tenuopodinae, which was created by Igor Grichanov in 2018. ^[1] The genus was previously placed in the subfamily Neurigoninae, and it also shares some features of Peloropeodinae and Sciapodinae. All species are known from the Afrotropical realm. ^[3]

Species

• Tenuopus acrosticalis Curran, 1927 – Burundi, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda
• Tenuopus birketti Grichanov, 2019 ^[4] – Mozambique, South Africa
• Tenuopus bururiensis Grichanov, 2018 ^[1] – Burundi
• Tenuopus cognatus Parent, 1934 – South Africa
• Tenuopus comorensis Grichanov, 2019 ^[4] – Comoros
• Tenuopus erroneus Parent, 1934 – South Africa
• Tenuopus frontalis Curran, 1927 – Congo-Brazzaville, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
• Tenuopus fursovi Grichanov, 1996 ^[5] – Liberia
• Tenuopus gorongosaensis Grichanov, 2018 ^[1] – Mozambique
• Tenuopus guttatus Parent, 1939 – DR Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast
• Tenuopus kononenkoi Grichanov, 1996 ^[5] – Uganda
• Tenuopus kirkspriggsi Grichanov, 2018 ^[1] – Burundi
• Tenuopus kylei Grichanov, 2018 ^[1] – South Africa
• Tenuopus lomholdti Grichanov, 2018 ^[1] – Tanzania
• Tenuopus maculatus Parent, 1931 – Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania
• Tenuopus makarovi Grichanov, 2021 ^[6] – Tanzania
• Tenuopus ntchisi Grichanov, 2000 ^[7] – Malawi
• Tenuopus shcherbakovi Grichanov, 1996 ^[5] – Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• Tenuopus soderlundi Grichanov, 2018 ^[1] – South Africa
• Tenuopus taitensis Grichanov, 2000 ^[7] – Kenya
• Tenuopus unicolor (Becker, 1914) – DR Congo, Kenya
• Tenuopus zverevi Grichanov, 1996 ^[5] – DR Congo

References

1. Grichanov, I.Ya. (2018). "A new subfamily of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) for Tenuopus Curran, 1924 with description of new species from Tropical Africa" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 365: 1–25. doi: 10.25221/fee.365.1 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
2. Curran, C. H. (1924). "The Dolichopodidae of South Africa" (PDF). Ann. Transvaal Mus. 10: 212–232. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
3. 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 .
4. Grichanov, I. Ya. (2019). "New Afrotropical species of Tenuopus Curran, 1924 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 28 (4): 460–463. doi: 10.15298/rusentj.28.4.15 .
5. Grichanov, I. Ya. (1996). "Afrotropical species of the genus Tenuopus Curran (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". International Journal of Dipterological Research. 7 (2): 125–131.
6. Grichanov, I.Ya. (2021). "A new species of Tenuopus Curran, 1924 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Tanzania" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 30 (1): 103–105.
7. Grichanov, I. Ya. (2000). "Afrotropical Neurigoninae and notes on the diaphorine genus Dactylonotus Parent (Diptera Dolichopodidae)". Belgian Journal of Entomology. 2: 257–271.