Filatopus

Filatopus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is known from New Zealand and Argentina.

Filatopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Sympycninae
Genus:	Filatopus Robinson, 1970
Type species
Nematopus ciliatus Parent, 1933[1]
Synonyms
Filatopus Miller, 1945 (unavailable)[2] Nematopus Parent, 1933 (nec Berthold, 1827, nec Agassiz, 1846, nec Sars, 1863)[1]

The genus was originally known as Nematopus, named by Octave Parent in 1933. Later, David Miller found the name to be preoccupied by Nematopus (Berthold, 1827), and renamed it to Filatopus in 1945.^[2] However, as Nematopus was not designated a type species, the name Filatopus was unavailable until 1970, when Harold E. Robinson designated Nematopus ciliatus as the type species.^[3]

Species

• Filatopus ciliatus (Parent, 1933)^[1]
• Filatopus mirabilis (Parent, 1933)^[1]
• Filatopus nigripalpis (Van Duzee, 1930)
• Filatopus ornatus (Parent, 1933)^[1]