''Acropsilus'' is a genus of
flies
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...
in the family
Dolichopodidae.
It is unplaced in the family,
having been placed variously in subfamilies such as
Sympycninae
Sympycninae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. In some classifications, this subfamily includes the genera of the subfamilies Peloropeodinae and Xanthochlorinae.
Genera
*'' Brevimyia'' Miller, 1945
*'' Calyxochaetus'' B ...
or
Peloropeodinae. It is superficially similar to the
Medeterinae.
Species
The genus contains 30 species:
*''
Acropsilus albitibia''
Bickel, 1998
*''
Acropsilus boharti''
Bickel, 1998
*''
Acropsilus brevitalus''
(Parent
A parent is either the progenitor of a child or, in humans, it can refer to a caregiver or legal guardian, generally called an adoptive parent or step-parent. Parents who are progenitors are First-degree relative, first-degree relatives and have ...
, 1937)
*''
Acropsilus colmani''
Bickel, 1998
*''
Acropsilus eburneensis''
Couturier, 1978
*''
Acropsilus errabundus''
Lamb, 1922
*''
Acropsilus guangdongensis''
Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007
*''
Acropsilus guangxiensis''
Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007
*''
Acropsilus igori''
Negrobov, 1984
*''
Acropsilus jinxiuensis''
Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007
*''
Acropsilus kuranda''
Bickel, 1998
*''
Acropsilus luoxiangensis''
Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2007
*''
Acropsilus malaita''
Bickel, 1998
*''
Acropsilus maprik''
Bickel, 1998
*''
Acropsilus minutulus''
(Vanschuytbroeck, 1951)
*''
Acropsilus minutus''
Hollis, 1964
*''
Acropsilus niger''
( Loew, 1869)[
*'' Acropsilus nigricornis'' Bickel, 1998
*'' Acropsilus olegi'' Grichanov, 1998]Parent
A parent is either the progenitor of a child or, in humans, it can refer to a caregiver or legal guardian, generally called an adoptive parent or step-parent. Parents who are progenitors are First-degree relative, first-degree relatives and have ...
, 1937)
References
Dolichopodidae
Dolichopodidae genera
Diptera of Europe
Diptera of Asia
Diptera of Australasia
Diptera of Africa
Taxa named by Josef Mik
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