''Setihercostomus'' is a genus of

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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 ...

, known from

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and

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. The generic name is derived from the

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Hercostomus ''Hercostomus'' is a genus of fly, flies in the family Dolichopodidae. It is a large genus, containing more than 483 species worldwide. Multiple studies have shown that ''Hercostomus'' is a polyphyly, polyphyletic assemblage of species. Species ...

''.

Species

There are currently five species in the genus: *'' Setihercostomus huangi'' (Zhang, Yang & Masunaga, 2004) *'' Setihercostomus scharffi'' ( Grichanov, 1999) *'' Setihercostomus setifacies'' (

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, 1934) *'' Setihercostomus taiwanensis'' Zhang & Yang, 2011 *'' Setihercostomus wuyangensis'' (Wei, 1997) ''Setihercostomus zonalis'' (Yang, Yang & Li, 1998) is a synonym of ''S. wuyangensis'' (Wei, 1997).

References

Dolichopodinae Dolichopodidae genera Diptera of Asia Diptera of Africa {{Dolichopodidae-stub