Micropygus
Micropygus bipunctatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Sympycninae
Genus: Micropygus
Bickel & Dyte, 1989[1]
Type species
Micropygus bifenestratus
Parent, 1933[2]
Synonyms

Micropygus Parent, 1933
(unavailable)[2]

Micropygus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is native to New Zealand, though the species Micropygus vagans is also found in the British Isles as an introduced species.[3] The genus was originally named by Octave Parent in 1933. However, as the genus was not designated a type species, this name was unavailable until 1989, when Daniel J. Bickel and C. E. Dyte designated Micropygus bifenestratus as the type species.[1]

Species

There are 16 species included in the genus:[1]

  • Micropygus bifenestratus Parent, 1933
  • Micropygus bipunctatus Parent, 1933
  • Micropygus brevicornis Parent, 1933
  • Micropygus brevithorax Parent, 1933
  • Micropygus divergens Parent, 1933
  • Micropygus inornatus Parent, 1933
  • Micropygus lacustris Parent, 1933
  • Micropygus nigripes Parent, 1933
  • Micropygus puerulus Parent, 1933
  • Micropygus pulchellus Parent, 1933
  • Micropygus ripicola Parent, 1933
  • Micropygus serratus Parent, 1933
  • Micropygus striatus Parent, 1933
  • Micropygus tarsatus Parent, 1933
  • Micropygus transiens Parent, 1933
  • Micropygus vagans Parent, 1933

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bickel, D. J.; Dyte, C. E. (1989). "Family Dolichopodidae" (PDF). Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions: 393–418. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 Parent, O. (1933). "Étude monographique sur les Diptères Dolichopodides de Nouvelle Zélande". Annales de la Société Scientifique de Bruxelles. Série B. Sciences Physiques et Naturelles. 53: 325–441.
  3. ↑ Drake, Martin (Autumn 2014). "Micropygus vagans Parent – our spreading non-native dolichopodid" (PDF). Empidid & Dolichopodid Recording Scheme (19): 1.


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