Acropsilus

Acropsilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Acropsilus
Mik, 1878[1]
Type species
Chrysotus niger
Loew, 1869[2]
Synonyms[3]

Acropsilus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[6] It is unplaced in the family,[7] having been placed variously in subfamilies such as Sympycninae or Peloropeodinae. It is superficially similar to the Medeterinae.[8]

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  2. ^ Loew, Hermann (1869). Beschreibung europäischer Dipteren. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insecten, von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Achter Theil oder zweiter Supplementband. Vol. 1. Halle: H. W. Schmidt. pp. xvi + 310 + [2] pp.
  3. ^ Grichanov, Igor Ya.; Mostovski, Mike B. (2009). "Long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in the collection of the Natal Museum: A review of C.H. Curran's types, new synonyms, and new combinations". Zootaxa. 2194: 37–53. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2194.1.3.
  4. ^ Curran, Charles Howard (1927). "Records and descriptions of South African Diptera with notes on two Wiedemann types". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 12: 181–185.
  5. ^ Zizhong, Li; Daochao, Jin (2006). Insects from Fanjingshan Landscape (in Chinese). Guiyang: Guizhou Science and Technology Publishing House. p. 481.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Ulrich, J. (1980). "Zur systematischen Gliederung der Dolichopodiden (Diptera)". Bonner zoologische Beiträge. 31 (3–4): 385–402.
  8. ^ Bickel, D. J. (1998). "Australian, Melanesian and Micronesian Acropsilus Mik (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 141 (1): 1–17. doi:10.1163/22119434-99900001.