Ahypophyllus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.[3] It currently contains only one species, Ahypophyllus sinensis, known only from China.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichopodinae |
| Genus: | Ahypophyllus Zhang & Yang, 2005[2] |
| Species: | A. sinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ahypophyllus sinensis (Yang, 1996)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Hypophyllus sinensis Yang, 1996 | |
The generic name is derived from the negative prefix "a" and the generic name Hypophyllus.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b Yang, D. (1996). "New species of Dolichopodinae from China (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)". Entomofauna. 17: 317–324.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
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