Heteropsilopus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Subfamily: | Sciapodinae |
Tribe: | Chrysosomatini |
Genus: | Heteropsilopus Bigot, 1859 |
Type species | |
Psilopus grandis (= Psilopus cingulipes Walker, 1835) Macquart, 1850
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Heteropsilopus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[1] The genus comprises large-sized sciapodines mostly with a strongly sinuate m-cu and simple digitiform cercus. The strongly sinuate m-cu is considered to be a distinctive group autapomorphy.