Dolichopodidae

Dolichopodidae
Temporal range: Cretaceous–Recent
Chrysosoma sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Infraorder: Asilomorpha
Superfamily: Empidoidea
Family: Dolichopodidae
Latreille, 1809
Subfamilies

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Diversity[5]
About 250 genera, more than 8,000 species
Synonyms

Dolichopidae

Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 8,000 described species in about 250 genera.[6] The genus Dolichopus is the most speciose, with some 600 species.

Dolichopodidae generally are small flies with large, prominent eyes and a metallic cast to their appearance, though there is considerable variation among the species. Most have long legs, though some do not. In many species, the males have unusually large genitalia which are taxonomically useful in identifying species. Most adults are predatory on other small animals, though some may scavenge or act as kleptoparasites of spiders or other predators.

Austrosciapus connexus—a typical example of green Dolichopodidae
  1. ^ Grootaert, P; Meuffels, H.J.G. (1997). "Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Papua New Guinea. XV. Scepastopyga gen. nov. and the establishment of a new subfamily, the Achalcinae". J. Nat. Hist. 31 (10): 1587–1600. doi:10.1080/00222939700770841.
  2. ^ a b Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN 9787811171020.
  3. ^ Bickel, D. J. (1987). "Babindellinae, a new subfamily of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Australia, with a discussion of symmetry in the dipteran male postabdomen". Entomologica Scandinavica. 18: 97–103. doi:10.1163/187631287X00061. ISSN 1399-560X.
  4. ^ Grichanov, I.Ya. (2018). "A new subfamily of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) for Tenuopus Curran, 1924 with description of new species from Tropical Africa" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 365: 1–25. doi:10.25221/fee.365.1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Grichanov summary".
  6. ^ "Summary of family by Grichanov".