''Anasyntormon'' 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 Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 8,000 described species in about 250 genera. The genus '' Dolichopus'' is the most speciose, with some 600 species. Dolichopodidae generally a ...

. It was originally placed in the subfamily Rhaphiinae near '' Syntormon''. It was transferred to

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by Hans Ulrich (1980), who found it to be congeneric or closely related to ''

Hercostomus ''Hercostomus'' is a genus of fly, flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is a large genus, containing more than 483 species worldwide. Multiple studies have shown that ''Hercostomus'' is a polyphyly, polyphyletic assemblage of species. Species ...

''. The genus was originally established by

Octave Parent Abbé Octave Parent (15 June 1882, in Trescault – 9 February 1942, in Ambleteuse) was a French entomologist who specialized in Diptera, mostly the family Dolichopodidae. He became director of the Biological Station, Ambleteuse. He published thr ...

in 1932; however, as he did not designate a type species for it, the name was unavailable until 1975, when C. E. Dyte designated '' A. secundus'' as the type species. The

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specimen of '' A. exceptus'' was deposited in the

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, which was destroyed during the

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Species

* '' Anasyntormon exceptus'' (

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, 1922) – Taiwan * '' Anasyntormon secundus''

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, 1932 – Malaysia, Indonesia

References

Dolichopodidae genera Dolichopodinae Diptera of Asia {{Dolichopodidae-stub