Actocetor
| Actocetor | |
|---|---|
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| Actocetor indicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Ephydridae |
| Subfamily: | Discomyzinae |
| Tribe: | Discomyzini |
| Genus: | Actocetor Becker, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| Ephydra margaritata | |
Actocetor is a genus of shore flies in the family Ephydridae. It was described by Theodor Becker in 1903.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]There are seven recognized species in the genus[2]
- Actocetor (Poecilostenia):
- Actocetor decemguttatus (Bezzi, 1908) - Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal
- Actocetor lindneri (Wirth, 1955) - Kenya, Tanzania
- Actocetor yaromi (Dikow and Mathis, 2002) - Ethiopia
- Actocetor (Actocetor):
- Actocetor afrus (Dikow and Mathis, 2002) - Liberia and Senegal
- Actocetor hova (Soika, 1956) - Madagascar
- Actocetor indicus (Wiedemann, 1824) - India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Israel, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Angola, Namibia, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Canary Islands, Seychelles and Cape Verde
- Actocetor nigrifinis (Walker, 1860) - India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand
Note: In Dikow & Mathis (2002) the senior objective homonym Actocetor beckeri de Meijere, 1916 is then (p.261) treated as a junior subjective synonym of Actocetor nigrifinis (Walker, 1860). In contrast, the junior objective homonym Actocetor beckeri Hendel, 1917 [replaced by Actocetor hendeli de Meijere, 1924: 202] is then (p.272) treated as a junior subjective synonym of Actocetor indicus (Wiedemann, 1824).
References
[edit]- ↑ "Genus Actocetor". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
- 1 2 Dikow, T.; Mathis, W.N. (2002). "A Revision and Phylogenetic study of Actocetor Becker (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 104 (2): 249–290.
- ↑ "Actocetor". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
Further reading
[edit]- Kirk-Spriggs & Sinclair (2021). Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Volume 3. Brachycera–Cyclorrhapha, excluding Calyptratae. SANBI, South Africa. p.100]