Micropygus

Micropygus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is native to New Zealand, though the species Micropygus vagans is also found in the British Isles as an introduced species.^[3] The genus was originally named by Octave Parent in 1933. However, as the genus was not designated a type species, this name was unavailable until 1989, when Daniel J. Bickel and C. E. Dyte designated Micropygus bifenestratus as the type species.^[1]

Micropygus
Micropygus bipunctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:	Sympycninae
Genus:	Micropygus Bickel & Dyte, 1989[1]
Type species
Micropygus bifenestratus Parent, 1933[2]
Synonyms
Micropygus Parent, 1933 (unavailable)[2]

Species

There are 16 species included in the genus:^[1]

• Micropygus bifenestratus Parent, 1933
• Micropygus bipunctatus Parent, 1933
• Micropygus brevicornis Parent, 1933
• Micropygus brevithorax Parent, 1933
• Micropygus divergens Parent, 1933
• Micropygus inornatus Parent, 1933
• Micropygus lacustris Parent, 1933
• Micropygus nigripes Parent, 1933
• Micropygus puerulus Parent, 1933
• Micropygus pulchellus Parent, 1933
• Micropygus ripicola Parent, 1933
• Micropygus serratus Parent, 1933
• Micropygus striatus Parent, 1933
• Micropygus tarsatus Parent, 1933
• Micropygus transiens Parent, 1933
• Micropygus vagans Parent, 1933