Aphalacrosoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Dolichopodinae
Genus: Aphalacrosoma
Zhang & Yang, 2005[1]
Type species
Phalacrosoma postiseta
Yang & Saigusa, 2001

Aphalacrosoma is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from China and Taiwan.[2]

The generic name is derived from the negative prefix "a" and the generic name Phalacrosoma.[1]

Species

There are currently seven species in the genus:

  • Aphalacrosoma absarista (Wei, 1998)[3][4]
  • Aphalacrosoma crypsum (Wei, 1998)[3][4]
  • Aphalacrosoma crypsusoideum (Wei, 1998)[3][4]
  • Aphalacrosoma hubeiense (Yang, 1998)[5]
  • Aphalacrosoma modestum (Wei, 1998)[3][4]
  • Aphalacrosoma postiseta (Yang & Saigusa, 2001)[6]
  • Aphalacrosoma taiwanense Zhang, Yang & Masunaga, 2005[7]

Aphalacrosoma sichuanense (Yang & Saigusa, 1999)[8] is a synonym of A. modestus (Wei, 1998).[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Zhang, L.-L; Yang, D. (2005). "A study on the phylogeny of Dolichopodinae from the Palaearctic and Oriental realms, with descriptions of three new genera (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Acta Zootaxomica Sinica. 30: 180–190.
  2. Yang, D.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, M.; Zhang, L. (2006). World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera). Beijing: China Agricultural University Press. pp. 1–704. ISBN 9787811171020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Wei, L.M. (1998). "Dolichopodidae, from southwestern China -- III: Four new species of the genus Tachytrechus (Diptera)". Entomologia Sinica. 5 (1): 15–21. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7917.1998.tb00289.x.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Zhang, L.-L; Wei, L.; Yang, D. (2009). "Two new species of Hercostomus from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with some new synonyms)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie. 79: 133–141.
  5. Yang, D. (1998). "New and little known species of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from China (III))" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie. 68: 177–183.
  6. Yang, Ding; Saigusa, T. (2001). "New and little known species of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from China (IX)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Entomologie. 71: 165–188.
  7. Zhang, L.; Yang, D.; Masunaga, K. (2005). "Notes on the species of Aphalacrosoma Zhang et Yang from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 131: 415–418. JSTOR 25078900.
  8. Yang, D.; Saigusa, T. (1999). "New and little known species of Dolichopodidae from China (VI): Diptera from Emei Mountain (1)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie. 69: 233–250.


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