Genus of flies
Sciapus
Sciapus platypterus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Dolichopodidae
Subfamily:
Sciapodinae
Tribe:
Sciapodini
Genus:
Sciapus Zeller , 1842
Type species
Dolichopus platypterus
Diversity
about 82 species
Synonyms [ 2]
Leptopus Fallén , 1823 (Preocc.)
Psilopus Meigen , 1824 (Preocc.)
Stenarus Gistl , 1848
Psylopus Rondani , 1850 (Missp.)[ 3]
Psilopodius Rondani , 1861
Psilopodinus Bigot , 1888
Psilopiella Van Duzee, 1914
Sciopus Parent , 1925 (Missp.)
Agastoplax Enderlein , 1936
Dactylodiscia Enderlein , 1936 (Unav.)
Dactylorhipis Enderlein , 1936
Placantichir Enderlein , 1936 (Unav.)
Dactylodiscia Anonymous in Imperial Institute of Entomology, 1937 (Preocc.) [ 2]
Placantichir Anonymous in Imperial Institute of Entomology, 1937 [ 2]
Sciapus is a genus of long-legged flies in the family Dolichopodidae .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] There are about 82 described species in Sciapus .[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
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^ O'Hara, James E.; Cerretti, Pierfilippo; Pape, Thomas; Evenhuis, Neal L. (2011). "Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part II: Camillo Rondani" (PDF) . Zootaxa . 3141 : 1–268. doi :10.11646/zootaxa.3141.1.1 .
^ Grichanov, I. Ya (1999). A check list of Genera of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) . Studia Dipterologica. pp. 327–332pp.
^ D'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M. (1978). Dolichopodidae (Diptera, Orthorrhapha, Brachycera) (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/5) (PDF) . London: Royal Entomological Society of London. Retrieved 27 March 2020 .
^ Bickel, D. J. (1994). "The Australian Sciapodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a review of the Oriental and Australasian faunas, and a world conspectus of the subfamily" (PDF) . Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement . 21 : 1–394. doi :10.3853/j.0812-7387.21.1994.50 . Retrieved 10 September 2015 .
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