''Hercostomoides'' 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 is known from
Asia
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to
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
The genus contains seven species:
* ''
Hercostomoides baroalba''
Bickel, 2022 – Australia
* ''
Hercostomoides bhartii''
Grichanov, 2017 – Indonesia (
Highland Papua
Highland Papua () is a provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia, which roughly follows the borders of the Papuan customary region of Lano-Pago (often shortened to La Pago). It covers an area of and had a population of 1,467,050 according to ...
)
* ''
Hercostomoides flavipleurus''
Bickel, 2022 – Australia
* ''
Hercostomoides gagnei''
Bickel, 2022 – Australia
* ''
Hercostomoides rufinus''
(Frey, 1925) (formerly ''Hercostomoides indonesianus''
(Hollis, 1964)) – Korea, Japan, China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Zhejiang), Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam,
Australia
* ''
Hercostomoides wauensis''
Bickel, 2022 – New Guinea
* ''
Hercostomoides yapensis''
Bickel, 2022 –
Yap
Yap (, sometimes written as , or ) traditionally refers to an island group located in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, a part of Yap State. The name "Yap" in recent years has come to also refer to the state within the Federate ...
Islands, Guam
References
Sympycninae
Dolichopodidae genera
Diptera of Asia
Diptera of Australasia
Insects of Oceania
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