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Acelyphus

Acelyphus is a genus of beetle flies. It is known from the Indomalayan realm.

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Acelyphus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Subsection: Acalyptratae
Superfamily: Lauxanioidea
Family: Celyphidae
Genus: Acelyphus
Malloch, 19291
Type species
Acelyphus politus
Malloch, 19291

Acelyphus is a genus of beetle flies. It is known from the Indomalayan realm.2

Description

Species of the genus Acelyphus are distinguished by the discal and second basal cell of the wing being joined.2

Species

  • A. boettcheri Frey, 19412
  • A. burmanus Datta, 19873
  • A. digitatus Tenorio, 19692
  • A. lateralis Tenorio, 19692
  • A. lyneborgi Vanschuytbroeck, 19674
  • A. melanothorax Tenorio, 19692
  • A. politus Malloch, 192921
  • A. prolatus Tenorio, 19725
  • A. repletus Malloch, 192921
  • A. retusus Tenorio, 19725
  • A. stigmaticus (Hendel, 1914)21
References

References

  1. Malloch, J.R. (1929). "Notes on some Oriental sapromyzid flies (Diptera), with particular reference to the Philippine species". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 74 (6): 1–97. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.74-2751.1. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. Tenorio, JoAnn M. (1969). "A Revision of the Celyphidae (DIPTERA) From the Philippine Islands". Pacific Insects. 11 (3–4). Hawaii Biological Survey: 579–611.
  3. Datta, M. (1987). "Spaniocelyphus burmanus spec. nov. and Acelyphus burmanus spec. nov. two new Celyphidae from Burma (Diptera)". Opusc. Zool. Fluminensia. 12: 1–4.
  4. Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1967). "Contribution a la connaissance des Celyphidae (Diptera) des Philippines et du Sud-Est asiatique" (PDF). Entomologisk Forening. 35: 283–290. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  5. Tenorio, J. M. (1972). "A revision of the Celyphidae (Diptera) of the Oriental Region". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 123 (359–453): 359–453. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1972.tb00847.x.