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Schistostoma

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Schistostoma
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous–Present
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Microphorinae
Genus: Schistostoma
Becker, 1902
Type species
Schistostoma eremita
Becker, 1902

Schistostoma is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, subfamily Microphorinae.

Species

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At least 50 extant species have been described in the genus, with 16 from the Palaearctic realm, two from the Oriental realm, four from the Afrotropical realm, and 28 from the Nearctic realm. Two fossil species have also been described from Burmese amber. There are also several undescribed species from the Palaearctic realm, and one undescribed species from the Afrotropical realm.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Chvála, M. (1987). "Revision of Palaearctic Microphoridae (Diptera) 2. Schistostoma Beck". Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca. 84 (2): 133–155.
  2. ^ Grichanov, Igor Ya (2017). "Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera)" (PDF). Plant Protection News, Supplements (2nd ed.). St.Petersburg: All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR).
  3. ^ Brooks, S. E.; Cumming, J. M. (2022). "Revision of the Nearctic Microphorinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae sensu lato)". Zootaxa. 5095 (1): 1–141. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5095.1.1.
  4. ^ a b c Shamshev, Igor V.; Sinclair, Bradley J. (2006). "The genus Schistostoma Becker from southern Africa, with an evaluation of its generic status (Diptera : Dolichopodidae s. l. : Microphorinae)" (PDF). African Invertebrates. 47 (1): 335–346. hdl:10520/EJC84555.
  5. ^ a b Brooks, Scott E.; Cumming, Jeffrey M.; Grimaldi, David A. (2019). "Remarkable new fossil species of Schistostoma Becker (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Microphorinae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber". Zootaxa. 4624 (1): 121–131. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4624.1.8.
  6. ^ Shamshev, I.V. (2020). "First record of an extant species of the genus Schistostoma Becker (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Microphorinae) from the Oriental Region". Russian Entomological Journal. 29 (3): 303–306. doi:10.15298/rusentj.29.3.11.
  7. ^ Shamshev, I.V. (2021). "Schistostoma negrobovi, a new species of the subfamily Microphorinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Russian Far East" (PDF). Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society. 92: 77–81.
  8. ^ Chvála, Milan (1991). "A new species of the Holarctic genus Schistostoma Becker (Diptera: Microphoridae) from South Africa, and first record of the family from South America" (PDF). Annals of the Natal Museum. 32 (1): 19–26. hdl:10520/AJA03040798_325.