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Acymatopus

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Acymatopus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Hydrophorinae
Tribe: Aphrosylini
Genus: Acymatopus
Takagi, 1965[1]
Type species
Acymatopus major
Takagi, 1965[1]

Acymatopus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[2][1] It is distributed in Japan and China, and lives exclusively on marine coasts. It is similar in appearance to the genus Conchopus, which is also found in marine coasts.[3]

Species

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There are six known species in the genus:[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Takagi, Sadao (1965). "A contribution to the knowledge of the marine shore Dolichopodidae of Japan (Diptera)" (PDF). Insecta Matsumurana. 27 (2): 49–84. hdl:2115/9721. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  2. ^ 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. ^ a b c d Masunaga, Kazuhiro; Saigusa, Toyohei; Yang, Ding (2005). "Taxonomy of the genus Acymatopus Takagi (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Entomological Science. 8 (3): 301–311. doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00129.x.