Achradocera is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[2] It is distributed in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms as well as in Polynesia.[3] Several Afrotropical species were also placed in the genus, but in 2018 they were transferred to Chrysotus.[4] Achradocera was formerly considered a subgenus of Chrysotus, but was restored as a separate genus by Harold E. Robinson (1975).[3]
| Achradocera | |
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| Achradocera barbata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Diaphorinae |
| Genus: | Achradocera Becker, 1922[1] |
| Type species | |
| Achradocera femoralis | |
Adult males of Achradocera can be recognised by several secondary sex characteristics: their antennae have the first flagellomere elongated and swollen at the base with a narrow tip, and they have rows of thickened setae underneath the eyes.[3]
Species
edit- Achradocera apicalis (Aldrich, 1896)[5] – West Indies, Mexico, Ecuador, Chile, French Polynesia, Tonga
- Achradocera arcuata (Van Duzee, 1924) – western United States, Mexico, Hawaii
- Achradocera barbata (Loew, 1861) – North America
- Achradocera chilensis (Van Duzee, 1930) – Chile, Argentina
- Achradocera contracta (Van Duzee, 1929) – Guatemala
- Achradocera edwardsi (Van Duzee, 1930) – Chile
- Achradocera excavata (Van Duzee, 1924) – Virgin Islands
- Achradocera femoralis Becker, 1922[1] – Paraguay, Trinidad, Colombia
- Achradocera insignis Parent, 1933 – Argentina, Trinidad
- Achradocera longiseta Parent, 1933 – Bolivia, Argentina
- Achradocera meridionalis Becker, 1922[1] – Costa Rica
- Achradocera shannoni (Van Duzee, 1930) – Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Hawaii
- Achradocera tuberculata (Van Duzee, 1931) – Bolivia
The following species are synonyms or have been moved to other genera:[3][4][5]
- Achradocera africana Parent, 1934:[6] now Chrysotus africanus (Parent, 1934)
- Achradocera angustifacies Becker, 1922:[1] synonym of A. apicalis (Aldrich, 1896)
- Achradocera ealensis Parent, 1936: now Chrysotus ealensis (Parent, 1936)
- Achradocera insularis Lamb, 1933: now Chrysotus insularis (Lamb, 1933)
- Achradocera insularis Parent, 1933 (homonym of above): synonym of Chrysotus insularis (Lamb, 1933)
- Achradocera rutshuruensis Vanschuytbroeck, 1951:[7] now Chrysotus rutshuruensis (Vanschuytbroeck, 1951)
- Achradocera wulfi Parent, 1936: now Chrysotus wulfi (Parent, 1936)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Becker, T. (1922). "Dipterologischen Studien. Dolichopodidae. B. Nearktische und Neotropische Regions". Abhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 13 (1): 207–209.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Bickel, Daniel J. (2000). "New World Achradocera in Hawai'i, Tonga, and French Polynesia, with discussion of the genus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 64: 14–20.
- ^ a b Grichanov, Igor Ya. (2018). "An annotated catalogue of afrotropical Dolichopodoidae (Diptera)". Plant Protection News, Supplements (25). St.Petersburg: All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR). doi:10.5281/zenodo.1187006.
- ^ a b Runyon, Justin B. (2020). "The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Montserrat, West Indies". ZooKeys (966): 57–151. doi:10.3897/zookeys.966.55192. PMC 7494662. PMID 32982546.
- ^ Parent, O. (1934). "Additions a la faune ethiopienne (Dipteres: Dolichopodides)". Bulletin de la Société entomologique d'Égypte. 18: 112–138.
- ^ Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1951). "Dolichopodidae. (Diptera Brachycera Orthorrhapha)". Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G. F. De Witte (1933-1935). Fasc. 74: 1–153.
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