Ceratopos is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from Algeria and Portugal.[2] It contains only one species, Ceratopos seguyi.[3] It is closely related to Syntormon,[4] and is considered a junior synonym of it according to Evenhuis & Bickel (2022).[5]

Ceratopos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Sympycninae
Genus: Ceratopos
Vaillant, 1952[1]
Species:
C. seguyi
Binomial name
Ceratopos seguyi
Vaillant, 1952[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Vaillant, F. (1952). "Contribution à l'étude des Dolichopodidés d'Algérie". Bulletin de la Société d'histoire naturelle d'Afrique du Nord. 41 (5–6): 35–40.
  2. ^ Pollet, M.; Andrade, R.; Gonçalves, A.; Andrade, P.; Jacinto, V.; Almeida, J.; De Braekeleer, A.; Van Calster, H.; Brosens, D. (2019). "Dipterological surveys in Portugal unveil 200 species of long-legged flies, with over 170 new to the country (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)". Zootaxa. 4649 (1): 1–69. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4649.1.1. PMID 31716932.
  3. ^ Negrobov, O.P. (1991). "Family Dolichopodidae". In Soós, A.; Papp, L. (eds.). Dolichopodidae–Platypezidae. Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Vol. 7. Elsevier. pp. 11–136. ISBN 9780444599940.
  4. ^ Bickel, D. J. (1999). "Australian Sympycninae II: Syntormon Loew and Nothorhaphium, gen. nov., with a treatment of the Western Pacific fauna, and notes on the subfamily Rhaphiinae and Dactylonotus Parent (Diptera : Dolichopodidae)". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 13 (1): 179–206. doi:10.1071/IT97028.
  5. ^ Evenhuis, N.L.; Bickel, D.J. (2021). "Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on Dolichopodidae genus-group names (Insecta: Diptera)" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 141 (Systema Dipterorum Nomenclatural Notes. I): 5–11.