''Gymnopternus'' 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 hindwing ...

in the family

Dolichopodidae Dolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, are a large, cosmopolitan family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera. The genus ''Dolichopus'' is the most speciose, with some 600 species. Dolichopodidae generally a ...

. It was formerly placed as a subgenus of '' Hercostomus'', but is now accepted as a separate genus.

Species

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q14534592, from2=Q7134742 Dolichopodidae genera Dolichopodinae Taxa named by Hermann Loew