- Source: Dolichopus
Dolichopus is a large cosmopolitan genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Adults are small flies, typically less than 8 mm in length. Nearly all species are metallic greenish-blue to greenish-bronze. It is the largest genus of Dolichopodidae with more than 600 species worldwide.
The name of the genus (δολιχός, long, and ποὺς, foot) refers to the length of the feet of its species.
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Species groups and subgenera
The following species groups exist in Dolichopus:
Dolichopus latipennis species group (= Hygroceleuthus Loew, 1857)
Dolichopus lonchophorus species group
Dolichopus longisetus species group
Dolichopus planitarsis species group (8 species) – Palaearctic
Dolichopus plumipes species group (11 species) – Palaearctic
Dolichopus sagittarius species group
Dolichopus salictorum species group
Dolichopus signifer species group
Dolichopus sublimbatus species group (4 species)
Dolichopus tewoensis species group (3 species) – China
Sometimes the following are considered subgenera of Dolichopus:
Dolichopus Latreille, 1796
Hygroceleuthus Loew, 1857 (= Dolichopus latipennis species group)
Macrodolichopus Stackelberg, 1933
See also
List of Dolichopus species
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Bulbophyllum dolichopus
- Daftar spesies Bulbophyllum
- Dolichopus
- Dolichopus plumipes
- Dolichopus superbus
- Socalchemmis dolichopus
- List of Dolichopus species
- Dolichopus lepidus
- Dolichopus domesticus
- Dolichopus aurifex
- Dolichopus vigilans
- Dolichopus acuminatus
