Xanthochlorus

Xanthochlorus
Temporal range: Upper Oligocene–Present
Xanthochlorus sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Xanthochlorinae
Aldrich, 1905
Genus: Xanthochlorus
Loew, 1857
Type species
Porphyrops ornata
Haliday, 1832
Synonyms

Medeterus (Leptopus) Haliday, 1832
(nec Latreille, 1809, nec Fallén, 1823)

Xanthochlorus sp. on Impatiens

Xanthochlorus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is the only member of the subfamily Xanthochlorinae.[1][2] In some classifications, the genus is included in the subfamily Sympycninae.[3]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2017). "Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). 2nd ed" (PDF). Plant Protection News, Supplements (23). St.Petersburg: All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR). doi:10.5281/zenodo.884863.
  3. ^ "An Update of the 1998 Checklist of Diptera of the British Isles" (PDF). Dipterists Forum. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2023.