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Dolichopus
Genus of flies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[3] It is the largest genus of Dolichopodidae with more than 600 species worldwide.[4]
The name of the genus (δολιχός, long, and ποὺς, foot) refers to the length of the feet of its species.[5]
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Gallery
- Dolichopus sp. female with prey (video, 1m 23s)
Species groups and subgenera
The following species groups exist in Dolichopus:
- Dolichopus latipennis species group (= Hygroceleuthus Loew, 1857)[6]
- Dolichopus lonchophorus species group[7]
- Dolichopus longisetus species group[8]
- Dolichopus planitarsis species group (8 species)[9] – Palaearctic
- Dolichopus plumipes species group (11 species)[10] – Palaearctic
- Dolichopus sagittarius species group[11]
- Dolichopus salictorum species group[12]
- Dolichopus signifer species group[13]
- Dolichopus sublimbatus species group (4 species)[14]
- Dolichopus tewoensis species group (3 species)[15] – China
Sometimes the following are considered subgenera of Dolichopus:[16]
- Dolichopus Latreille, 1796
- Hygroceleuthus Loew, 1857 (= Dolichopus latipennis species group)
- Macrodolichopus Stackelberg, 1933
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References
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