''Dubius'' is a genus of
flies
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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 ...
, with seven species distributed in southern
China
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and another five in the
Neotropical realm
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. The genus name is from the
Latin
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word , referring to the variance of
frons
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. The genus was first established by Wei Lian-Meng in 2012, including a group of species from the Neotropical realm previously placed in ''
Chrysotus
''Chrysotus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is one of the largest genera in the subfamily Diaphorinae, with more than 460 species. However, the genus is probably paraphyletic, and possibly even polyphyletic, with respect to ...
'', as well as five newly described species from China.
According to some researchers, all of the Neotropical species should be kept in ''Chrysotus'', as their transfer to ''Dubius'' was unwarranted.
Species
Chinese species:
* ''
Dubius autumnalus''
Wei, 2012
* ''
Dubius curtus''
Wei, 2012
* ''
Dubius flavipedus''
Liu, Wang & Yang, 2015
* ''
Dubius frontus''
Wei, 2012
* ''
Dubius hongyaensis''
Wei, 2012
* ''
Dubius succurtus''
Wei, 2012
* ''
Dubius yunnanensis''
Liu, Wang & Yang, 2015
Neotropical species (now transferred back to ''Chrysotus''):
* ''
Dubius angustifrons''
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, 1975)
* ''
Dubius maculatus''
(Parent
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, 1934)
* ''
Dubius robustus''
(Robinson Robinson may refer to:
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* Robinson (name)
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* Robinson Crusoe, the main character, and title of a novel by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719
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* Robinson projection, a map projection used since the 19 ...
, 1975)[
* '' Dubius spectabilis'' ( Loew, 1861)
* '' Dubius wirthi'' (]Robinson Robinson may refer to:
People and names
* Robinson (name)
Fictional characters
* Robinson Crusoe, the main character, and title of a novel by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719
Geography
* Robinson projection, a map projection used since the 19 ...
, 1975)[
]
References
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Dolichopodidae genera
Diaphorinae