Micropygus
| Micropygus | |
|---|---|
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| Micropygus bipunctatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Sympycninae |
| Genus: | Micropygus Bickel & Dyte, 1989[1] |
| Type species | |
| Micropygus bifenestratus | |
| Synonyms | |
Micropygus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is native to New Zealand, though the species Micropygus vagans is also found in the British Isles as an introduced species.[3] The genus was originally named by Octave Parent in 1933. However, as the genus was not designated a type species, this name was unavailable until 1989, when Daniel J. Bickel and C. E. Dyte designated Micropygus bifenestratus as the type species.[1]
Species[edit]
There are 16 species included in the genus:[1]
- Micropygus bifenestratus Parent, 1933
- Micropygus bipunctatus Parent, 1933
- Micropygus brevicornis Parent, 1933
- Micropygus brevithorax Parent, 1933
- Micropygus divergens Parent, 1933
- Micropygus inornatus Parent, 1933
- Micropygus lacustris Parent, 1933
- Micropygus nigripes Parent, 1933
- Micropygus puerulus Parent, 1933
- Micropygus pulchellus Parent, 1933
- Micropygus ripicola Parent, 1933
- Micropygus serratus Parent, 1933
- Micropygus striatus Parent, 1933
- Micropygus tarsatus Parent, 1933
- Micropygus transiens Parent, 1933
- Micropygus vagans Parent, 1933
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Bickel, D. J.; Dyte, C. E. (1989). "Family Dolichopodidae" (PDF). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions: 393–418. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ a b Parent, O. (1933). "Étude monographique sur les Diptères Dolichopodides de Nouvelle Zélande". Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles. Série B. Sciences Physiques et Naturelles. 53: 325–441.
- ^ Drake, Martin (Autumn 2014). "Micropygus vagans Parent – our spreading non-native dolichopodid" (PDF). Empidid & Dolichopodid Recording Scheme (19): 1.
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