''Poecilobothrus'' 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

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Species

*'' Poecilobothrus aberrans'' ( Loew, 1871) – Tajikistan *'' Poecilobothrus annulitarsis'' Kazerani, Pollet & Khaghaninia ''in'' Kazerani, Khaghaninia, Talebi, Persson & Pollet, 2017 – Iran *'' Poecilobothrus appendiculatus'' ( Loew, 1859) – France, Spain, Czech Republic, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia *'' Poecilobothrus armeniorum'' (

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, 1933) – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia *'' Poecilobothrus basilicus'' ( Loew, 1869) – Azerbaijan, Iran, Israel, Italy, Turkey *'' Poecilobothrus bigoti'' Mik, 1883 – France, Romania, Russia, Spain, Turkey *'' Poecilobothrus brunus'' (Wei, 1997) – China (Guizhou) *'' Poecilobothrus caucasicus'' (

, 1933) – Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Southern Russia, Turkey *'' Poecilobothrus chrysozygos'' ( Wiedemann, 1817) – Europe *†'' Poecilobothrus ciliatus'' Meunier, 1907 –

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*'' Poecilobothrus clarus'' ( Loew, 1871) – Tajikistan *'' Poecilobothrus comitialis'' ( Kowarz, 1867) – Europe, Iran *'' Poecilobothrus cucullus'' (Wei, 1997) – China (Guizhou) *'' Poecilobothrus cyaneculus'' (Wei, 1997) – China (Guizhou, Yunnan) *'' Poecilobothrus ducalis'' ( Loew, 1857) – Europe, North Africa *'' Poecilobothrus flaveolus'' ( Negrobov & Chalaya, 1987) – China, Japan, Russian Far East *'' Poecilobothrus flavifemoratus'' Grichanov & Tonguc, 2010 – Turkey *'' Poecilobothrus innotabilis'' Kazerani, Pollet & Khaghaninia ''in'' Kazerani, Khaghaninia, Talebi, Persson & Pollet, 2017 – Iran *'' Poecilobothrus lii'' (Yang, 1996) – China, Nepal *'' Poecilobothrus longipilosus'' (Yang & Saigusa, 2001) – China (Guizhou) *'' Poecilobothrus lorestanicus'' Grichanov & Ahmadi, 2016 – Iran *'' Poecilobothrus luchunensis'' (Yang & Saigusa, 2001) – China (Yunnan) *†''

Poecilobothrus majesticus ''Poecilobothrus majesticus'' is an extinct species of fly in the family Dolichopodidae that was endemic to Great Britain. The species is known from a single male specimen collected near the Essex coast in Walton-on-the-Naze in 1907, and it was f ...

'' d'Assis-Fonseca, 1976 – England *'' Poecilobothrus mentougouensis'' (Zhang, Yang & Grootaert, 2003) – China (Beijing) *'' Poecilobothrus nobilitatus'' (

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, 1767) – Europe *'' Poecilobothrus palustris'' (Wei, 2006) – China (Guizhou) *'' Poecilobothrus potanini'' (

, 1933) – China (Sichuan) *'' Poecilobothrus principalis'' ( Loew, 1861) – Europe, Turkey, Israel *'' Poecilobothrus pterostichoides'' (

, 1934) – China, Russian Far East *'' Poecilobothrus regalis'' (

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, 1824) – Europe, Turkey, Iran *'' Poecilobothrus saetosus'' (Yang & Saigusa, 2002) – China (Shaanxi) *'' Poecilobothrus singularis'' (Yang & Saigusa, 2001) – China (Yunnan) *'' Poecilobothrus varicoloris'' (

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, 1917) – Armenia, Georgia, South Russia, Turkey *'' Poecilobothrus zhejiangensis'' (Yang, 1997) – China (Zhejiang) Unrecognised species: * ''Poecilobothrus fumipennis'' ( Stannius, 1831) * ''Poecilobothrus infuscatus'' ( Stannius, 1831)

References

Dolichopodinae Dolichopodidae genera Taxa named by Josef Mik Long stubs with short prose {{Dolichopodidae-stub