''Schistostoma'' 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 ...

, subfamily

Microphorinae Microphorinae is a subfamily of fly, flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is part of an expanded concept of the family, Dolichopodidae ''sensu lato'', though it was previously considered a family of its own. Genera The subfamily includes seven ...

Species

At least 50 extant species have been described in the genus, with 16 from the

Palaearctic realm The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The ...

, two from the

Oriental realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...

, four from the

Afrotropical realm The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...

, and 28 from the

Nearctic realm The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America t ...

. Two fossil species have also been described from

Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. Th ...

. There are also several undescribed species from the Palaearctic realm, and one undescribed species from the Afrotropical realm. * '' Schistostoma albopilosum'' (

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 ...

, 1910) * '' Schistostoma armipes'' ( Melander, 1928) * '' Schistostoma arnaudi'' Brooks & Cumming, 2022 * '' Schistostoma asiaticum'' Shamshev, 1993 * '' Schistostoma atratum'' ( Coquillett, 1900) * '' Schistostoma borkenti'' Brooks & Cumming, 2022 * '' Schistostoma brandbergense'' Shamshev & Sinclair, 2006 * '' Schistostoma burmanicum'' Brooks, Cumming & Grimaldi, 2019

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age (geology), age of the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or the lowest stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Cretace ...

* '' Schistostoma caroleae'' Brooks & Cumming, 2022 * '' Schistostoma chloeae'' Brooks & Cumming, 2022 * '' Schistostoma cirripes'' ( Melander, 1940) * '' Schistostoma cucullatum'' Collin, 1949 * '' Schistostoma deemingi'' Gatt, 2014 * '' Schistostoma discretum'' Collin, 1949 * '' Schistostoma eremita''

, 1902 * '' Schistostoma evisceratum'' ( Melander, 1940) * '' Schistostoma fitzgeraldi'' Brooks & Cumming, 2022 * '' Schistostoma flavipes'' Chvala, 1987 * '' Schistostoma foliatum'' Brooks, Cumming & Grimaldi, 2019

* '' Schistostoma golbeki'' Shamshev, 1993 * '' Schistostoma grootaerti'' Chvala, 1987 * '' Schistostoma heatherae'' Brooks & Cumming, 2022 * '' Schistostoma indicum'' Shamshev, 2020 * '' Schistostoma isommatum'' ( Melander, 1928) * '' Schistostoma kalkgat'' Shamshev & Sinclair, 2006 * '' Schistostoma kovalevi'' Shamshev, 1993 * '' Schistostoma lillyae'' Brooks & Cumming, 2022 * '' Schistostoma longistylum'' Brooks & Cumming, 2022 * '' Schistostoma michaeli'' Brooks & Cumming, 2022 * '' Schistostoma mongolicum'' Shamshev, 1991 * '' Schistostoma negrobovi'' Shamshev, 2021 * '' Schistostoma nigrescens''

, 1907 * '' Schistostoma nigricauda'' (

References

Dolichopodidae genera Microphorinae Taxa named by Theodor Becker {{Dolichopodidae-stub