Grootaertia
| Grootaertia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Medeterinae |
| Genus: | Grootaertia Grichanov, 1999[1] |
| Type species | |
| Grootaertia kuznetsovi | |
Grootaertia is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae from southern Africa. It is close in appearance to the genus Paramedetera. The genus is named after the Belgian entomologist Patrick Grootaert.[1]
Species
[edit]- Grootaertia anomalipennis Grichanov, 1999[1] – South Africa (Western Cape)
- Grootaertia anomalopyga Grichanov, 1999[1] – South Africa (Western Cape)
- Grootaertia asymmetrica Grichanov, 1999[1] – South Africa (Western Cape)
- Grootaertia bistylata Grichanov, 1999[1] – South Africa (Western Cape)
- Grootaertia brevipennis Grichanov, 2000[2] – South Africa (Western Cape)
- Grootaertia irwini Grichanov, 2000[2] – South Africa (Western Cape)
- Grootaertia kuznetsovi Grichanov, 1999[1] – South Africa (Western Cape, Eastern Cape)
- Grootaertia skorpionensis Grichanov, Kirk-Spriggs & Grootaert, 2006[3] – southern Namibia
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Grichanov, I.Ya. (1999). "A brief review of the Afrotropical fauna of the subfamily Medeterinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with descriptions of a new genus and new species" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie. 69: 87–112.
- 1 2 Grichanov, Igor Grichanov (2000). "New Afrotropical Sciapodinae and Medeterinae with a review of Namibian Dolichopodidae (Diptera)". Studia dipterologica. 7: 399–435.
- ↑ Grichanov, I. Y.; Kirk-Spriggs, A. H.; Grootaert, P. (2006). "An annotated checklist of Namibian Dolichopodidae (Diptera) with the description of a new species of Grootaertia and a key to species of the genus" (PDF). African Invertebrates. 47: 207–227. hdl:10520/EJC84561. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
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