Aphalacrosoma
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''Aphalacrosoma'' 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 ...
, known from
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
and
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
. The generic name is derived from the negative prefix "a" and the generic name '' Phalacrosoma''.


Species

There are currently seven species in the genus: *''
Aphalacrosoma absarista ''Aphalacrosoma'' is a genus of fly, flies in the family Dolichopodidae, known from China and Taiwan. The generic name is derived from the Alpha privative, negative prefix "a" and the generic name ''Phalacrosoma''. Species There are currently se ...
'' (Wei, 1998) *'' Aphalacrosoma crypsum'' (Wei, 1998) *'' Aphalacrosoma crypsusoideum'' (Wei, 1998) *'' Aphalacrosoma hubeiense'' (Yang, 1998) *'' Aphalacrosoma modestum'' (Wei, 1998) *'' Aphalacrosoma postiseta'' (Yang & Saigusa, 2001) *'' Aphalacrosoma taiwanense'' Zhang, Yang & Masunaga, 2005 ''Aphalacrosoma sichuanense'' (Yang & Saigusa, 1999) is a synonym of ''A. modestus'' (Wei, 1998).


References

Dolichopodidae genera Dolichopodinae Diptera of Asia {{Dolichopodidae-stub