''Syntormon'' 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 ...
. It includes about 110 species worldwide, more than 50 of which were described from the
Palaearctic realm
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The ...
.
Etymology
The name ''Syntormon'' is derived from the
Ancient Greek
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word (, "I connect by inserted pins"); it refers to the second segment of the
antennae which has a small thumb-shaped projection going into the inner side of the third segment, appearing as if it were a pin inserted into a socket.
Species
The following species are included in the genus:
Subgenus ''Syntormon''
Loew, 1857:
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Syntormon abbreviatus''
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 ...
, 1918
*''
Syntormon affinis''
( Wheeler, 1899)
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Syntormon ama''
Hollis, 1964
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Syntormon aotearoa
''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 ...
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Bickel, 1999
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Syntormon babu
''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 ...
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Hollis, 1964
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Syntormon beijingensis
''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 ...
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Yang, 1998
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Syntormon bicolorellus
''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 ...
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( Zetterstedt, 1843)
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Syntormon bisinuatus
''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 ...
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Van Duzee, 1925
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Syntormon boninensis
''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 ...
''
Bickel, 1994
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Syntormon brevicornis
''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 ...
''
Frey
Freyr (Old Norse: 'Lord'), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with kingship, fertility, peace, prosperity, fair weather, and good harvest. Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especi ...
, 1936
*''Syntormon bulgariensis''
Oleg Negrobov, Negrobov & Kechev, 2012
*''Syntormon caffer''
Charles Howard Curran, Curran, 1925
*''Syntormon californicus''
Harmston, 1951
*''Syntormon cilitarsis''
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
*''Syntormon cilitibia''
Aleksandr Stackelberg, Stackelberg, 1947
*''Syntormon cinereiventris''
( Loew, 1861)
*''Syntormon clavatus''
Van Duzee, 1925
*''Syntormon codinai''
Octave Parent, Parent, 1924
*''Syntormon curvisetus''
Oleg Negrobov, Negrobov, Kumazawa & Tago ''in'' Oleg Negrobov, Negrobov, Kumazawa, Tago & Selivanova, 2015
*''Syntormon cyanescens''
( Loew, 1858)
*''Syntormon denticulatus''
( Zetterstedt, 1843)
*''Syntormon detritus''
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
*''Syntormon dissimilipes''
Van Duzee, 1925
*''Syntormon dorsalis''
Vanschuytbroeck, 1951
*''Syntormon dukha''
Hollis, 1964
*''Syntormon edwardsi''
Van Duzee, 1930
*''Syntormon elongatus''
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
*''Syntormon emeiensis''
Yang & Saigusa, 1999
*''Syntormon eutarsiformis''
Oleg Negrobov, Negrobov, 1975
*''Syntormon femoratus''
Van Duzee, 1925
*''Syntormon filiger''
George Henry Verrall, Verrall, 1912
*''Syntormon flavicoxus''
Oleg Negrobov, Negrobov, Kumazawa & Tago ''in'' Oleg Negrobov, Negrobov, Kumazawa, Tago & Selivanova, 2015
*''Syntormon flexibilis''
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
*''Syntormon francoisi''
Meuffels & Grootaert, 1999
*''Syntormon freymuthae''
Loew, 1873
*''Syntormon frivolus''
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
*''Syntormon fuscipes''
(Karl Ludwig Friedrich von Roser, von Roser, 1840)
*''Syntormon giordanii''
Oleg Negrobov, Negrobov, 1974
*''Syntormon grootaerti''
Maslova, Oleg Negrobov, Negrobov & Selivanova, 2017
*''Syntormon henanensis''
Yang & Saigusa, 2000
*''Syntormon iranicus''
Oleg Negrobov, Negrobov, 1974
*''Syntormon janelithae''
Bickel, 1999
*''Syntormon kennedyi''
Harmston & Knowlton, 1942
*''Syntormon latitarsis''
Oleg Negrobov, Negrobov & Shamshev, 1984
*''Syntormon longipes''
Octave Parent, Parent, 1938
*''Syntormon longistylus''
Igor Grichanov, Grichanov, 2001
*''Syntormon lucaris''
Bickel, 1999
*''Syntormon luchunensis''
Yang & Saigusa, 2001
*''Syntormon luishuiensis''
Yang & Saigusa, 2001
*''Syntormon luteicornis''
Octave Parent, Parent, 1927
*''Syntormon macula''
Octave Parent, Parent, 1927
**''Syntormon macula macula''
Octave Parent, Parent, 1927
**''Syntormon macula mediterraneus''
Igor Grichanov, Grichanov, 2013[
*''Syntormon medogensis'' Wang, Yang & Masunaga, 2006]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 ...
, 1918
*''Syntormon nubilus'' Van Duzee, 1933[
*''Syntormon pseudopalmarae'' Oleg Negrobov, Negrobov & Shamshev, 1985
*''Syntormon pseudospicatus'' Gabriel Strobl, Strobl, 1899
*''Syntormon pumilus'' (Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Meigen, 1824)
*''Syntormon punctatus'' ( Zetterstedt, 1843)
*''Syntormon qianus'' Wei & Yang, 2007
*''Syntormon quadratus'' John Merton Aldrich, Aldrich, 1901
*''Syntormon rhodani'' Vaillant, 1983
*''Syntormon rotundicornis'' Van Duzee, 1931
*''Syntormon samarkandi'' Oleg Negrobov, Negrobov, 1975
*''Syntormon setosus'' Octave Parent, Parent, 1938
*''Syntormon simplicitarsis'' Van Duzee, 1925
*''Syntormon singaporensis'' Grootaert, Yang & Wang, 2006
*''Syntormon singularis'' Bickel, 1999]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 ...
, 1918
*''Syntormon tamatave'' Igor Grichanov, Grichanov, 2001Becker
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 ...
, 1902
*''Syntormon tricoloripes'' Charles Howard Curran, Curran, 1923
*''Syntormon trisetus'' Yang, 1998
*''Syntormon uintaensis'' Harmston & Knowlton, 1940
*''Syntormon utahensis'' Harmston & Knowlton, 1942
*''Syntormon valae'' Oleg Negrobov, Negrobov & Zhilina, 1986
*''Syntormon vanduzeei'' Charles Howard Curran, Curran, 1931
*''Syntormon variegatus'' Harmston, 1952
*''Syntormon violovitshi'' Oleg Negrobov, Negrobov, 1975
*''Syntormon wittei'' Vanschuytbroeck, 1951
*''Syntormon xinjiangensis'' Yang, 1999
*''Syntormon xiphandroides'' Octave Parent, Parent, 1932
*''Syntormon xishuiensis'' Wang, Yang & Grootaert, 2008
*''Syntormon xizangensis'' Yang, 1999
*''Syntormon zelleri'' ( Loew, 1850
*''Syntormon zhengi'' Yang, 1998
Subgenus ''Drymonoeca'' 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 ...
, 1907:
*''Syntormon aulicus'' (Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Meigen, 1824)
Unrecognised species:
*''Syntormon decoratus'' (Alexander Henry Haliday, Haliday, 1832)
Synonyms:
*''Syntormon dobrogicus'' Pârvu, 1985: synonym of ''Syntormon metathesis'' ( Loew, 1850)
*''Syntormon praeteritus'' (Octave Parent, Parent, 1929): moved to ''Sympycnus''
*''Syntormon silvianus'' Pârvu, 1989: synonym of ''Syntormon submonilis'' Oleg Negrobov, Negrobov, 1975
''Syntormon guizhouensis'' Wang & Yang, 2006
Notes
References
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Dolichopodidae genera
Sympycninae
Taxa named by Hermann Loew