''Parasyntormon'' 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 ...
. It is closely related to ''
Syntormon
''Syntormon'' is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It includes about 110 species worldwide, more than 50 of which were described from the Palaearctic realm.
Etymology
The name ''Syntormon'' is derived from the Ancient Greek word ...
'', and was formerly considered a synonym of it.
Species
* ''
Parasyntormon appendiculatus''
Harmston & Knowlton, 1943
* ''
Parasyntormon asellus''
Wheeler, 1899
* ''
Parasyntormon classicus''
Harmston & Knowlton, 1943
* ''
Parasyntormon emarginatus''
Wheeler, 1899
* ''
Parasyntormon emarginicornis''
Curran, 1923
* ''
Parasyntormon flavicoxa''
Van Duzee, 1922
* ''
Parasyntormon fraterculus''
Van Duzee, 1922
* ''
Parasyntormon hendersoni''
Harmston & Knowlton, 1939
* ''
Parasyntormon hinnulus''
Wheeler, 1899
* ''
Parasyntormon inornatus''
Becker
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, 1919
* ''
Parasyntormon lagotis''
Wheeler, 1899
* ''
Parasyntormon lepus''
Van Duzee, 1918
* ''
Parasyntormon longicornis''
Van Duzee, 1933
* ''
Parasyntormon montivagus''
Wheeler, 1899
* ''
Parasyntormon mulinus''
Van Duzee, 1922
* ''
Parasyntormon nigripes''
Harmston & Knowlton, 1943
* ''
Parasyntormon occidentalis''
( Aldrich, 1894)
* ''
Parasyntormon petiolatus''
Van Duzee, 1933
* ''
Parasyntormon rotundicornis''
Van Duzee, 1926
* ''
Parasyntormon utahnus''
Van Duzee, 1933
* ''
Parasyntormon virens''
Harmston & Knowlton, 1943
* ''
Parasyntormon wheeleri''
Aldrich, 1901
References
Nearctic
Dolichopodidae genera
Sympycninae
Diptera of North America
Diptera of South America
Taxa named by William Morton Wheeler
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