''Chrysotus'' is a genus of
flies in the family
Dolichopodidae.
It is one of the largest genera in the subfamily
Diaphorinae
Diaphorinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Genera
*'' Acropsilus'' Mik, 1878 (unplaced in Dolichopodidae)
*'' Anepsiomyia'' Bezzi, 1902 (Diaphorinae or Sympycninae)
*'' Nematoproctus'' Loew, 1857 (Diaphorinae or Rhaphii ...
, with more than 460 species.
However, the genus is probably
paraphyletic
In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...
, and possibly even
polyphyletic, with respect to several related genera such as ''
Achradocera,
Falbouria and
Lyroneurus
''Lyroneurus'' is a genus or subgenus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Its rank is not currently certain; it has variously been placed as its own genus or as a subgenus of '' Diaphorus''. More recently, it has been suggested by Pollet et ...
.
Gallery
File:Chrysotus sp - 2012-07-22.webm, ''Chrysotus'' sp. on coarse woody debris
Subgenera and species groups
The genus has two subgenera:
* ''Angiopus''
Meuffels & Grootaert, 1996 – includes only ''C. halteratus''
* ''Chrysotus''
Meigen, 1824 – all other species are placed in this subgenus, split into many species groups and subgroups:
** ''C. albipalpus'' species group
** ''C. cilipes'' species group –
Palaearctic
** ''C. javanensis'' species group
** ''C. laesus'' species group (22 species)
–
Palaearctic +
Oriental
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*** ''C. adunatus'' species subgroup (1) – includes only ''C. adunatus''
*** ''C. brevicercus'' species subgroup (12)
*** ''C. nudisetus'' species subgroup (5)
*** ''C. laesus'' species subgroup (3)
*** ''C. trapezinus'' species subgroup (1) – includes only ''C. trapezinus''
** ''C. leigongshanus'' species group (59 species)
–
China
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*** ''C. apicibifidus'' species subgroup (22)
*** ''C. apicirotundus'' species subgroup (9)
*** ''C. apicisetosus'' species subgroup (9)
*** ''C. chishuiensis'' species subgroup (10)
*** ''C. comminus'' species subgroup (2)
*** ''C. daozhenus'' species subgroup (3)
*** 4 unplaced species
** ''C. longipalpus'' species group (12 species)
** ''C. mediotinctus'' species group (5 species)
–
South America
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** ''C. niger'' (?) species group
** ''C. papuanus'' species group (107 species)
[ – ]China
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*** ''C. abatus'' species subgroup (14)
*** ''C. abdominus'' species subgroup (88)
*** ''C. araeobasus'' species subgroup (3)
*** ''C. papuanus'' species subgroup (1) – includes only ''C. papuanus''
*** ''C. zhuae'' species subgroup (1) – includes only ''C. zhuae''
** ''C. philtrum'' species group
See also
* List of Chrysotus species
References
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Dolichopodidae genera
Diaphorinae
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Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen