Dolichopodinae

Male Dolichopus ungulatus, copyright Martin Cooper.

Belongs within: Dolichopodidae.

The Dolichopodinae are a group of dolichopodid flies characterised by a dorsally setose antennal scape and an enlarged, pedunculate hypopygium in the males (Bickel 2013).

Characters (from Bickel 2013): Antennal scape with setae on dorsal surface; posterior mesonotum not flattened; vein M₂ absent; femora II and III with strong anterior preapical setae; all tibiae with strong setae; male hypopygium pedunculate and enlarged, and projecting forward under preabdomen.

<==Dolichopodinae B09
    |--Gymnopternus spectabilis B09, RV81
    |--Ethiromyia B09
    |--Stenopygium punctipennis B09
    |--Hercostomus chetifer B09
    |--Cheiromyia palmaticornis B09
    |--Pelastoneurus [incl. Proarchus, Sarcionus] B09
    |    `--P. vagans B09
    |--Tachytrechus [incl. Gonioneurum, Syntomoneurum] B09
    |    |--T. tessellatus B13
    |    `--T. vorax B09
    |--Paraclius Loew 1864 B13
    |    |--P. manglar Bickel 2013 B13
    |    |--P. minutus B09
    |    |--P. obtusus Hardy 1939 [incl. p. albodivisus Parent 1941] B13
    |    |--P. sexmaculatus Bezzi 1928 B13
    |    `--P. trisetosus Parent 1933 B13
    `--Dolichopus Latreille 1802 L02
         |--D. angustipennis Kertész 1901 K01
         |--D. brevipennis K01
         |--D. caligatus K01
         |--D. cuprinus RV81
         |--D. discifer K01
         |--D. longicornis K01
         |--D. nobilitata [=Musca nobilitata] L02
         |--D. plumipes K01
         |--D. ungulatus (Linnaeus 1758) L02, L58 [=Musca ungulata L02]
         `--D. ziczac B13

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B09] Bickel, D. J. 2009. Dolichopodidae (long-legged flies). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 671–694. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.

[B13] Bickel, D. J. 2013. The family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Pilbara region, Western Australia in its Australasian biogeographic context, with the description of 19 new species. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 83: 291–348.

[K01] Kertész, K. 1901. Legyek [Dipteren]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 179–201. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[L02] Latreille, P. A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes vol. 3. Familles naturelles des genres. F. Dufart: Paris.

[L58] Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae.

[RV81] Robinson, H., & J. R. Vockeroth. 1981. Dolichopodidae. In: McAlpine, J. F., B. V. Peterson, G. E. Shewell, H. J. Teskey, J. R. Vockeroth & D. S. Wood (eds) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 1 pp. 625–639. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.