''Urodolichus'' is a genus of
fly
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...
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 ...
.
Afrotropical realm
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(Seychelles
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and Madagascar
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), Indomalayan realm
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Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
and Australasian realm
The Australasian realm is one of eight biogeographic realms that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua Ne ...
(New Guinea
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). It has been placed in either Rhaphiinae
Rhaphiinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Genera
*'' Haplopharyngomyia'' Meuffels & Grootaert, 1999 (subfamily ''incertae sedis
or is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group where its broader relati ...
or Diaphorinae
Diaphorinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.
Genera
*'' Nematoproctus'' Loew, 1857 (Diaphorinae or Rhaphiinae)
*'' Nurteria'' Dyte & Smith, 1980 (may belong in Sympycninae)
*†'' Palaeoargyra'' Meunier, 1895
*'' Phasmaphle ...
, though Grichanov & Brooks (2017) consider the genus to be ''incertae sedis
or is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...
'' within the family Dolichopodidae.
Species
*'' Urodolichus artifacies'' (Grootaert & Meuffels, 1990)[ – Seychelles
*'' Urodolichus gracilis'' Lamb, 1922][ – Seychelles
*'' Urodolichus iulilamellatus'' (Wei, 2006)]Guizhou
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*'' Urodolichus javanus'' (De Meijere
Johannes Cornelis Hendrik de Meijere (1 April 1866, Deventer – 6 November 1947) was a Dutch zoologist and entomologist who specialised in Diptera and Coleoptera.
Prof. dr. Johannes Cornelis Hendrik de Meijere was Rector Magnificus at the U ...
, 1916)Java
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)
*'' Urodolichus keiseri'' (Hollis, 1964)Goa
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), Malaysia (Sabah
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), Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
*'' Urodolichus kubani'' (Olejníček, 2002)[ – Seychelles
*'' Urodolichus villosiceps'' Grichanov, Capellari & Bickel, 2016]
References
Dolichopodidae genera
Diptera of Africa
Diptera of Asia
Diptera of Australasia
Dolichopodidae
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