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Dolichocephala

Dolichocephala is a genus of dagger flies in the family Empididae. There are at least 50 described species in Dolichocephala.

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Dolichocephala
Dolichocephala irrorata in copula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Empididae
Subfamily: Clinocerinae
Genus: Dolichocephala
Macquart, 1823
Synonyms
  • Ardoptera Macquart, 1827
  • Leptosceles Haliday, 1833
  • Obstinocephala Garrett Jones, 19401
  • Fur Garrett Jones, 19401

Dolichocephala is a genus of dagger flies in the family Empididae. There are at least 50 described species in Dolichocephala.2345

Species

These 51 species belong to the genus Dolichocephala:

  • D. afflicta Garrett Jones, 19401 c g
  • D. argus Melander, 19276 i c g b
  • D. arnaudi Sinclair & MacDonald, 20127
  • D. austriaca Vaillant, 1968 c g
  • D. bartaki Wagner, 1998 c g
  • D. basilicata Wagner, 1995 c g
  • D. bellstedti Joost, 1985 c g
  • D. bicolor Sinclair & Plant, 2017 g
  • D. borkenti Sinclair & MacDonald, 20127
  • D. cavaticum Becker, 1889 c g
  • D. chillcotti Sinclair & MacDonald, 20127
  • D. ciwatikina Sinclair, 20058 c g
  • D. combinata Becker, 1914 c g
  • D. cretica Wagner, 1995 c g
  • D. curvata Sinclair & Plant, 2017 g
  • D. duodecempunctata Smith, 1969 c g
  • D. flamingo Smith, 1965 c g
  • D. fugitivus Garrett Jones, 19401 c g
  • D. fuscilanx Garrett Jones, 19401 c g
  • D. guangdongensis Yang, Rootaert & Horvat, 20049 c g
  • D. guttata (Haliday, 1833)10 c g
  • D. humanitatis Garrett Jones, 19401 c g
  • D. immaculata Sinclair & Plant, 2017 g
  • D. incus Sinclair & Plant, 2017 g
  • D. irroata (Fallén, 1815) i c g
  • D. irrorata (Fallén, 1816) c g
  • D. longicerca Sinclair & Plant, 2017 g
  • D. maculatissima Garrett Jones, 19401 c g
  • D. malickyi Wagner, 1995 c g
  • D. meyi Joost, 1990 c g
  • D. monae Joost, 1981 c g
  • D. oblongoguttata (Dale, 1878)10
  • D. ocellata (Costa, 1854)11 c g
  • D. panesari Wagner, Leese & Panesar, 20049 c g
  • D. pavonica Vaillant & Gagneur, 1998 c g
  • D. quadrispina Smith, 1969 c g
  • D. rarinota Garrett Jones, 19401 c g
  • D. rotundinota Wagner, Leese & Panesar, 20049 c g
  • D. septemontata Brunetti, 1913
  • D. sinica Horvat, 1994 c g
  • D. sparsa Becker, 1914 c g
  • D. srisukai Sinclair & Plant, 2017 g
  • D. tali Garrett Jones, 19401 c g
  • D. teskeyi Sinclair & MacDonald, 20127
  • D. thailandensis Sinclair & Plant, 2017 g
  • D. thomasi Wagner, 1983 g
  • D. vaillanti Wagner, 1995 c g
  • D. vockerothi Sinclair & MacDonald, 20127
  • D. walutikina Sinclair, 20058 c g
  • D. woodi Sinclair & MacDonald, 20127
  • D. zwicki Wagner, 1995 c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,2 c = Catalogue of Life,3 g = GBIF,4 b = Bugguide.net5

References

References

  1. Garrett Jones, C. (1940-07-26). "Empididae: A. - Hybotinae, Ocydromiinae, Clinocerinae and Hemerodromiinae". Ruwenzori Expedition 1934–5. 2 (5). London: British Museum: 257–323. OCLC 1084524320. Retrieved 2022-03-24 – via Internet Archive.
  2. "Dolichocephala Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Archived from the original on 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  3. "COL | Dolichocephala". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2022-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. "Dolichocephala Macquart, 1823". GBIF. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  5. Buck, Matthias (2008-11-24). "Genus Dolichocephala". BugGuide. Archived from the original on 2018-04-26. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  6. Melander, A. L. (1927). Wytsman, Philogène (ed.). Diptera: Fam. Empididæ. Genera Insectorum (in English and French). Vol. 185. Bruxelles: Louis Desmet-Verteneuil.
  7. Sinclair, Bradley. J.; MacDonald, John. F. (2012). "Revision of Dolichocephala of America, north of Mexico (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 144: 62–80. doi:10.4039/tce.2012.8. S2CID 88450592.
  8. Sinclair, Bradley. J.; Evenhuis, Neal.L (2005). "Two new species of Dolichocephala Macquart from Fiji (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae)" (PDF). Occasional Papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 84: 3–11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  9. Wagner, Rüdiger; Leese, Florian; Panesar, Arne Rai (2004). "Aquatic dance flies from a small Himalayan mountain stream (Diptera: Empididae: Hemerodromiinae, Trichopezinae and Clinocerinae)". Bonner zoologische Beiträge. 52: 3–32. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  10. Drake, C. M.; Chandler, P. J. (1997). "Re-instatement of Dolichocephala oblongoguttata (Diptera, Empididae) as a valid species". Dipterists Digest. 2. 4: 74–77.
  11. Costa, A. (1854). "Fragmenti di entomologia napoletana". Ann. Sci., Naples. 1: 69–91.