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Acarterus

Acarterus is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.

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Length
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Acarterus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Hybotidae
Subfamily: Hybotinae
Genus: Acarterus
Loew, 18581
Type species
Acarterus unicolor
Loew, 18581

Acarterus is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.2

Species

  • Acarterus apicalis Sinclair, 19963
  • Acarterus darwini Sinclair, 19963
  • Acarterus londti Sinclair, 19963
  • Acarterus macrochaetus Sinclair, 19963
  • Acarterus nigricans Sinclair, 19963
  • Acarterus pallidus Sinclair, 19963
  • Acarterus stuckenbergi Sinclair, 19963
  • Acarterus unicolor Loew, 18581
References

References

  1. Loew, Hermann (1858). "Bidrag till kannedomen om Afrikas Diptera [part]". Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens Forhandlingar. (1857) 14: 337–383. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. Sinclair, Bradley J.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2006). "Morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1180. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 1–172. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  3. Sinclair, Bradley J. (1996). "Review of the genus Acarterus Loew from southern Africa, with description of seven new species (Diptera: Empidoidea; Hybotinae)". Ann. Natal Mus. 37: 215–238.