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| Dytomyia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Sciapodinae |
| Tribe: | Sciapodini |
| Genus: | Dytomyia Bickel, 1994[1] |
| Type species | |
| Sciapus sordidus Parent, 1928 | |
Dytomyia is a genus in the Dolichopodidae: the name is an eponym of Peter Dyte, a specialist in this family of flies. It is known from Australia, Madagascar and Kenya, with an undescribed species from Papua New Guinea.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]The genus contains the following species:
- Dytomyia bancrofti Bickel, 1994[1] – Australia
- Dytomyia deconinckae Grichanov, 1998[4] – Madagascar
- Dytomyia flavicaudata Grichanov, 2021[3] – Kenya
- Dytomyia elenae Grichanov, 1998[4] – Madagascar
- Dytomyia flaviseta Bickel, 1994[1] – Australia
- Dytomyia lutescens (Vanschuytbroeck, 1952)[5] – Madagascar
- Dytomyia paulyi Grichanov, 1998[4] – Madagascar
- Dytomyia sordida (Parent, 1928) – Australia
- Dytomyia torresiana Bickel, 1994[1] – Australia
- Dytomyia tumifrons Bickel, 1994[1] – Australia
The species Sciapus nubilis Parent, 1935, which was described from a single female from Madagascar, was transferred to this genus in 2003,[6] but was later considered a nomen dubium in 2021.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 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.
- ↑ Evenhius, N. L. (17 April 2016). "Family Dolichopodidae". In Evenhius, N. L. (ed.). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (online version). Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- 1 2 3 Grichanov, I.Ya. (2021). "Discovery of Dytomyia Bickel (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) on the African continent with description of a new peculiar species from Kenya". Israel Journal of Entomology. 51: 85–91. doi:10.5281/zenodo.5589575.
- 1 2 3 Grichanov, I. Ya. (1998). "New data on Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with a revised catalogue and keys to Afrotropical species of the subfamily" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 68: 79–130.
- ↑ Grichanov, I. Ya. (1999). "New species and new records of Afrotropical Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 69: 113–135.
- ↑ Grichanov, I. Ya. (2003). "New Afrotropical Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with some new synonymy" (PDF). Russian Entomological Journal. 12 (3) (published 2004): 329–346.