''Heteropsilopus'' is a genus of
flies
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in the family
Dolichopodidae
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Dolichopodidae generally a ...
. The genus comprises large-sized
sciapodines mostly with a strongly sinuate m-cu and simple digitiform
cercus
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. The strongly sinuate m-cu is considered to be a distinctive group
autapomorphy
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.
Distribution
''Heteropsilopus'' is divided into three species groups: the ''triligatus'' group of southern
India
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and
Sri Lanka
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, and the ''cingulipes'' and ''brevicornis'' groups of southern
Australia
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and
Tasmania
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. Both Indian and Australian species are similar. Development of similar characters on some species, such as the stub-vein on m-cu, further unites the two disjunct groups. The separation of ''Heteropsilopus'' into Australian and Indian groups is more a matter of geographical convenience than sharp morphological difference.
The disjunction of ''Heteropsilopus'' in Australia and India suggests a widespread eastern
Gondwana
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n distribution in place during the
Lower Cretaceous
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See also
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.
In India the genus is restricted to mountains above 900 m in the elevated physiographic region of the '
Western Ghats' or 'Southern Blocks', and is unknown from the lowlands.
Species
* ''
Heteropsilopus adhaerens''
(Becker
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, 1922)
* ''
Heteropsilopus araluensis
''Heteropsilopus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. The genus comprises large-sized sciapodines mostly with a strongly sinuate m-cu and simple digitiform cercus. The strongly sinuate m-cu is considered to be a distinctive group ...
''
Bickel, 1994
* ''
Heteropsilopus brevicornis''
( Macquart, 1850)
* ''
Heteropsilopus brindabellensis''
Bickel, 1994[
* '' Heteropsilopus caelicus'' (]Parent
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, 1932)
* ''Heteropsilopus calabyi
''Heteropsilopus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. The genus comprises large-sized sciapodines mostly with a strongly sinuate m-cu and simple digitiform cercus. The strongly sinuate m-cu is considered to be a distinctive group ...
'' Bickel, 1994[
* '' Heteropsilopus cingulipes'' (]Walker
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, 1835)
* ''Heteropsilopus dilutus
''Heteropsilopus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. The genus comprises large-sized sciapodines mostly with a strongly sinuate m-cu and simple digitiform cercus. The strongly sinuate m-cu is considered to be a distinctive group ...
'' (Parent
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, 1937)
* ''Heteropsilopus hilaris
''Heteropsilopus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. The genus comprises large-sized sciapodines mostly with a strongly sinuate m-cu and simple digitiform cercus. The strongly sinuate m-cu is considered to be a distinctive group ...
'' (Parent
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, 1941)
* ''Heteropsilopus indicus
''Heteropsilopus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. The genus comprises large-sized sciapodines mostly with a strongly sinuate m-cu and simple digitiform cercus. The strongly sinuate m-cu is considered to be a distinctive group ...
'' (Parent
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, 1934)
* ''Heteropsilopus ingenuus
''Heteropsilopus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. The genus comprises large-sized sciapodines mostly with a strongly sinuate m-cu and simple digitiform cercus. The strongly sinuate m-cu is considered to be a distinctive group ...
'' (Erichson
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, 1842)
* ''Heteropsilopus intermedius
''Heteropsilopus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. The genus comprises large-sized sciapodines mostly with a strongly sinuate m-cu and simple digitiform cercus. The strongly sinuate m-cu is considered to be a distinctive group ...
'' Bickel, 1994[
* '']Heteropsilopus khooi
''Heteropsilopus'' is a genus of fly, flies in the family Dolichopodidae. The genus comprises large-sized Sciapodinae, sciapodines mostly with a strongly sinuate m-cu and simple digitiform cercus. The strongly sinuate m-cu is considered to be a d ...
'' Bickel, 1994[
* '']Heteropsilopus meensis
''Heteropsilopus'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. The genus comprises large-sized sciapodines mostly with a strongly sinuate m-cu and simple digitiform cercus. The strongly sinuate m-cu is considered to be a distinctive group ...
'' Bickel, 1994[
* '' Heteropsilopus persuadens'' (]Becker
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, 1922)
* '' Heteropsilopus plumifer'' (Becker
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, 1922)
* '' Heteropsilopus poecilus'' (Becker
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, 1922)
* '' Heteropsilopus protarsatus'' (Parent
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, 1937)
* '' Heteropsilopus protervus'' (Parent
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, 1941)
* '' Heteropsilopus pulcherrimus'' (Becker
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, 1922)
* '' Heteropsilopus savicensis'' Bickel, 1994[
* '' Heteropsilopus sigmatinervis'' (]Parent
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, 1937)
* '' Heteropsilopus squamifer'' Hardy, 1958
* '' Heteropsilopus stragulus'' (Becker
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, 1922)
* '' Heteropsilopus sugdeni'' Bickel, 1994[
* '' Heteropsilopus tantanoola'' Bickel, 1994][
* '' Heteropsilopus trifasciatus'' ( Macquart, 1850)
* '' Heteropsilopus triligatus'' (]Becker
Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany, it can also derive from th ...
, 1922)
* '' Heteropsilopus tweedensis'' Bickel, 1994[
* '' Heteropsilopus vanus'' (]Parent
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, 1941)
* '' Heteropsilopus yunnanensis'' Liu, Zhu & Yang, 2012
References
Dolichopodidae genera
Sciapodinae
Taxa named by Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot
Diptera of Australasia
Diptera of Asia
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