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FAMILY DOLICHOPODIDAE
Henk Meuffels, Paul L.Th. Beuk and Volkert S. van der Goot Version date: 05-10-2024 16:51

Sciapus platypterus (Fabricius, 1805)
Diagnosis. Dolichopodidae s.str.:
Usually small to medium-sized (1.0-8.0 mm) brachycerous flies with slender legs, mostly shining metallic green, often variously dusted or partly yellow, sometimes not metallic greyish, brownish or black. Head with three-segmented antennae, usually short but third segment elongated in some genera; arista dorsal to apical; strong ocellar setae nearly always present; mouthparts usually short and with a wide aperture adapted for sucking small preys. Thorax variously setose, always with two rows of dorsocentral setae. Legs sometimes strongly setose, in some genera raptorial. Wing venation typically with discal cell developed, apical part of M1+2 either straight or with a so-called 'wing boss' and then more or less clearly bent, seldom (in Sciapus) apically forked. Sexual dimorphism usually strong: male hypopygium often large, in the course of evolution 180-270° twisted, and bent back under the abdomen.
Microphorinae:
Small (2.0-3.0 mm) greyish to black flies. Head large; antennae with elongate third antennal segment; eyes relatively large, holoptic in males, dichoptic in female; mouth parts somewhat elongate and directed forwards. Thorax arched; acrostichal and dorsocentral setae well developed. Wings clear or somewhat infuscate, without distinct markings; R with three branches; discal cell present; basal cells short. Legs short, hind legs in some species flattened and with conspicuously broadened tibiae and metatarsus. Abdomen short; male genitalia asymmetrical and rotated.

Biology. Dolichopodidae s.str.:
Adults can be found in various habitats and prefer moist environments; some species are halophilous. They are carnivorous, feeding on small, soft-bodied arthropods. Development poorly known. Larvae are found in moist substrates (in sand, mud, rotting vegetation, under tree bark, sometimes on sea shore), and are predacious; the larvae of Thrypticus are miners in the stems of Monocotyledons.
Microphorinae:
Little is known about the pre-adult stages. Adults can be found in a wide range of habitats but seem to prefer habitats near water of forests. Females have been found to feed on preys in spiders' webs. Swarms with males can be found swarming under overhanging branches.

General references. d'Assis Fonseca (1978 [Dolichopodidae s.str. keys]), Chandler & Negrobov (2008 [Zanthochlorus], Chvála (1983 [Microphorinae general, keys], 1986, 1987, 1988b [Microphorinae subfamily revision], 1989b [catalogue]), Meuffels & Grootaert (1990 [Sciapus], Negrobov & Naglis (2016 [Medetera], Parent (1938 [Dolichopodidae s.str. keys]), Pollet (1990 [Hercostomus], 1993 [Hercostomus], 1996 [Achalcus], 2000 [biology, ecology]), Pollet & Stark (2018 [Orthoceratium]), Robinson & Vockeroth (1981 [general]), Shamshev (1996 [Microphor]), Steyskal & Knutson (1981 [Microphorinae general]), Thuneberg (1955 [Medetera]).

References to the local fauna. Van Aartsen et al. (1991), Chvála (1989b), Doorman (1962), Van der Goot (1978), Kabos (1951a, 1954a), De Meijere (1950a), Meuffels (1974, 1978, 1981b), Meuffels & Grootaert (1990), Meuffels et al. (1996), Parmenter (1940), Pollet (1990, 1993, 1996), Pollet & Stark (2018), Pollet et al. (1992), Schonewille et al. (2001), Van der Wulp & De Meijere (1898).

How to quote this page: Meuffels, H.J.G., P.L.Th. Beuk, & V.S. van der Goot, 2024. Family Dolichopodidae. In: Beuk, P.L.Th. (Ed.): Checklist of the Diptera of the Netherlands, https://diptera-info.nl/news.php?fam=Dolichopodidae (date accessed: 02/12/2024).

NL: 266, 2I, 5? B: 289, 6? D: 246, 2I, 2? UK: 299 World: 6240
 
DOLICHOPODIDAE
 
ACHALCINAE
                 
  Achalcus Loew, 1857
  bimaculatus Pollet, 1996 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 32
  cinereus (Haliday in Walker, 1851)
  flavicollis (Meigen, 1824)
  thalhammeri Lichtwardt, 1913 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 35
  vaillanti Bunhes, 1987 N; added by Pollet (1996: 381
                 
  Australachalcus Pollet, 2005
  melanotrichus (Mik, 1878) N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34 Note 1
 
DIAPHORINAE
                 
  Asyndetus Loew, 1869
  latifrons (Loew, 1857) N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 69
                 
  Chrysotus Meigen, 1824
  blepharosceles Kowarz, 1874 N; added by Meuffels (1978: 69
  = melampodius Loew, 1857: misident. sensu auct. Note 2
  cilipes Meigen, 1824
  cupreus Macquart, 1827
  femoratus Zetterstedt, 1843
  gramineus (Fallén, 1823) Note 3
  = copiosus Meigen, 1824
  = angulicornis Kowarz, 1874
  = microcerus Kowarz, 1874
  = varians Kowarz, 1874
  = collini Parent, 1923: misident. sensu auct. Note 2
  laesus (Wiedemann, 1817)
  = enderleini Parent, 1938
  longipalpis Aldrich, 1896 I; added as pillidipalpis by Parmenter (1940: 233
  = pallidipalpus Van Duzee, 1933 Note 4
  monochaetus Kowarz, 1874 N; added as viridifemoratus by Meuffels (1981b: 69
  = viridifemoratus von Roser, 1840: questionable senior synonym Note 5
  neglectus (Wiedemann, 1817)
  obscuripes Zetterstedt, 1838
  = kowarzi Lundbeck, 1912
  palustris Verrall, 1876 N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 172
  pulchellus Kowarz, 1874
  suavis Loew, 1857
                 
  Cryptophlebs Lichtwardt, 1898
  kerteszi Lichtwardt, 1898 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 84
                 
  Diaphorus Meigen, 1824
  hoffmannseggi Meigen, 1830
  = tripilus Loew, 1857
  nigricans Meigen, 1824
  oculatus (Fallén, 1823)
  winthemi Meigen, 1824
                 
  Melanostolus Kowarz, 1884
  melancholicus (Loew, 1869)
 
DOLICHOPODINAE
                 
  Dolichopus Latreille, 1796
  = Hygroceleuthus Loew, 1857
  = Macrodolichopus Stackelberg, 1933
  acuticornis Wiedemann, 1817
  agilis Meigen, 1824
  arbustorum Stannius, 1831
  = steini Becker, 1917: misident. sensu auct. N; added by Meuffels (1974: 32 Note 2
  argyrotarsis Wahlberg, 1850 N; added by Meuffels (1974: 32
  atratus Meigen, 1824
  atripes Meigen, 1824
  brevipennis Meigen, 1824
  = plumitarsis Fallén, 1823: misident. sensu auct. Note 6
  caligatus Wahlberg, 1850 N; added by Meuffels (1978: 66
  calinotus Loew, 1871 N; added by Meuffels (1978: 66
  campestris Meigen, 1824
  cilifemoratus Macquart, 1827 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 100
  claviger Stannius, 1831
  clavipes Haliday, 1832
  diadema Haliday, 1832
  excisus Loew, 1859
  festivus Haliday, 1832
  griseipennis Stannius, 1831
  latilimbatus Macquart, 1827 N; added by Meuffels (1974: 33
  = latelimbatus Macquart, 1827: incorrect spelling
  latipennis Fallén, 1823 Note 7
  lepidus Staeger, 1842
  linearis Meigen, 1824
  lineatocornis Zetterstedt, 1843 N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 173
  longicornis Stannius, 1831
  = acuticornis Wiedemann, 1817: misident. sensu Fallén, 1823 et auct.
  longitarsis Stannius, 1831
  migrans Zetterstedt, 1843
  = confinis Zetterstedt, 1843
  nigricornis Meigen, 1824
  = discifer Stannius, 1831
  nitidus Fallén, 1823
  notatus Staeger, 1842
  = notabilis Zetterstedt, 1843
  nubilus Meigen, 1824
  pennatus Meigen, 1824
  = signatus Meigen, 1824: misident. sensu Staeger, 1842
  phaeopus Haliday, 1851 N; added by Meuffels (1978: 66
  picipes Meigen, 1824
  = fastuosus Haliday, 1832
  planitarsis Fallén, 1823
  plumipes (Scopoli, 1763)
  = pennitarsis Fallén, 1823
  popularis Wiedemann, 1817
  = aemulus Loew, 1859
  punctum Meigen, 1824 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 125
  rupestris Wiedemann, 1817 N; added by Meuffels (1974: 33
  sabinus Haliday, 1838
  signatus Meigen, 1824
  = argentifer Loew, 1859
  signifer Haliday, 1838 N; listed by Pollet & Meuffels (2017: 63
  simplex Meigen, 1824
  strigipes Verrall, 1875 N; added by Meuffels (1974: 33
  subpennatus d'Assis Fonseca, 1976 N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 67
  tanythrix Loew, 1869
  trivialis Haliday, 1832
  = cilifemoratus Macquart, 1827: misident. sensu Parent, 1926 et auct.
  ungulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  = aeneoventris (De Geer, 1976)
  urbanus Meigen, 1824
  vitripennis Meigen, 1824
  wahlbergi Zetterstedt, 1843
                 
  Ethiromyia Brooks & Wheeler, 2005
  chalybea (Wiedemann, 1817) Note 8
  = chalybaeus (Wiedemann, 1817): incorrect spelling
                 
  Gymnopternus Loew, 1857 Note 9
  aerosus (Fallén, 1823)
  angustifrons (Staeger, 1842) N; added by De Meijere (1950a: 6
  assimilis (Staeger, 1842)
  blankaartensis Pollet, 1990 N; added by Pollet (1990: 376
  brevicornis (Staeger, 1842)
  = obscuripennis (Zetterstedt, 1843)
  celer (Meigen, 1824)
  cupreus (Fallén, 1823)
  metallicus (Stannius, 1831)
  silvestris Pollet, 1990 N; added by Pollet et al. (1992104) 
                 
  Hercostomus Loew, 1857
  chetifer (Walker, 1849) N; added by Meuffels (1974: 33
  = cretifer (Walker, 1856)
  exarticulatus (Loew, 1857) N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 174
  fulvicaudis (Haliday, 1851) N; added by Meuffels (1974: 33
  germanus (Wiedemann, 1817)
  gracilis (Stannius, 1831)
  = nigricornis (Meigen, 1824): misident. sensu auct.
  = bicolor (Macquart, 1827): misident. sensu Schiner, 1862 et auct.
  longiventris (Loew, 1857) N; added by Meuffels (1974: 33
  nanus (Macquart, 1827)
  nigrilamellatus (Macquart, 1827)
  nigripennis (Fallén, 1823)
  nigriplantis (Stannius, 1831)
  pilifer (Loew, 1859) N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2017: 63, 64
  plagiatus (Loew, 1857)
  rothi (Zetterstedt, 1859) N; added as praeceps by Meuffels (1974: 33
  = praeceps Loew, 1869 Note 10
  rusticus (Meigen, 1824) N; added by Meuffels (1978: 67
  verbekei Pollet, 1993 N; added by Pollet (1993: 104
  vockerothi d'Assis Fonseca, 1976 N; added by Meuffels (1974: 33
  = sahlbergi (Zetterstedt, 1838): misident. sensu auct.
                 
  Muscidideicus Becker, 1917
  = Muscideicus Parent, 1938: emend.
  praetextatus (Haliday, 1855) N; added by Kabos (1954a: 138
                 
  Poecilobothrus Mik, 1878
  chrysozygos (Wiedemann, 1817) Note 11
  ducalis (Loew, 1857)
  = infuscatus (Stannius, 1831): misident. sensu Parent, 1938
  = comitialis (Kowarz, 1867): misident. sensu Verrall, 1912
  nobilitatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  principalis (Loew, 1861)
  = fumipennis (Stannius, 1831): misident. sensu Becker, 1917
                 
  Sybistroma Meigen, 1824
  = Hypophyllus Haliday, 1832
  = Nodicornis Rondani, 1843
  crinipes (Staeger, 1842)
  discipes (Germar, 1821)
  nodicornis (Meigen, 1824) N; added by Meuffels (1974: 33
  obscurellus (Fallén, 1823)
                 
  Tachytrechus Haliday, 1851
  ammobates (Haliday, 1851)
  insignis (Stannius, 1831)
  notatus (Stannius, 1831) N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 68
 
HYDROPHORINAE
                 
  Aphrosylus Haliday, 1851
  celtiber Haliday, 1855 N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 175
  ferox Haliday, 1851
                 
  Hydrophorus Fallén, 1823
  albiceps Frey, 1915 N; added by Meuffels (1978: 67
  = signifer Coquillett, 1899: incorrect synonymy
  balticus (Meigen, 1824)
  bipunctatus (Lehmann, 1822)
  litoreus Fallén, 1823
  nebulosus Fallén, 1823
  oceanus (Macquart, 1838)
  = inaequalipes Macquart, 1834: misident. sensu Haliday, 1851
  = bisetus Loew, 1857
  praecox (Lehmann, 1822)
  viridis (Meigen, 1824) N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 175
                 
  Liancalus Loew, 1857
  virens (Scopoli, 1763)
                 
  Machaerium Haliday, 1832
  maritimae Haliday, 1832
                 
  Orthoceratium Schrank, 1803
  sabulosum (Becker, 1907) N; added as lacustre by Meuffels (1981b: 68 Note 12
  = lacustre (Scopoli, 1763): misident. sensu auct.
                 
  Scellus Loew, 1857
  notatus (Fabricius, 1781) N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34 Note 13
                 
  Schoenophilus Mik, 1878
  versutus Haliday, 1851
                 
  Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844
  flavipalpis (Zetterstedt, 1843)
  ruficornis (Haliday, 1838)
 
MEDETERINAE
                 
  Dolichophorus Lichtwardt, 1902
  kerteszi Lichtwardt, 1902 N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 176
                 
  Medetera Fischer von Waldheim, 1819
  = Medeterus Meigen, 1824
  = Oligochaetus Mik, 1878
  = Oligochaetes Mik, 1878: emend.
  abstrusa Thuneberg, 1955 N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 176
  ambigua (Zetterstedt, 1843)
  belgica Parent, 1936 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 179
  caeruleifacies Naglis & Negrobov, 2014 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 180
  dendrobaena Kowarz, 1877
  diadema (Linnaeus, 1767)
  = rostrata (Fabricius, 1781) Note 13
  feminina Negrobov, 1967 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 183
  impigra Collin, 1941 N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 176
  infumata Loew, 1857 N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 176
  inspissata Collin, 1941 N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 176
  jacula (Fallén, 1817)
  jugalis Collin, 1941 N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 176
  lorea Negrobov, 1967 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 189
  micacea Loew, 1857
  mixta Negrobov, 1967 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 191
  obscura (Zetterstedt, 1838)
  pallipes (Zetterstedt, 1843)
  parenti Stackelberg, 1925 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 194
  peloria Negrobov, 1967 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 195
  petrophiloides Parent, 1925 N; added by Meuffels (1978: 67
  plumbella Meigen, 1824
  pseudoapicalis Thuneberg, 1955 N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 176
  saxatilis Collin, 1941 N; added by Meuffels (1978: 67
  setiventris Thuneberg, 1955 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 200
  signaticornis Loew, 1857 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 201
  takagii Negrobov, 1970 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 202
  tristis (Zetterstedt, 1840) N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 176
  truncorum Meigen, 1824
                 
  Systenus Loew, 1857
  bipartitus (Loew, 1850) N; added by Meuffels (1978: 68
  = tener Loew, 1859
  leucurus Loew, 1859
  pallipes (von Roser, 1840)
  = adpropinquans (Loew, 1857)
  scholtzii (Loew, 1850) N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 176
  tener (Loew, 1859) N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 274
                 
  Thrypticus Gerstäcker, 1864
  atomus Frey, 1915 N; added as 'cf. atomus' by Meuffels et al. (1996: 47
  bellus Loew, 1869
  laetus (Verrall, 1912) N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 288
  smaragdinus Gerstäcker, 1864
  tarsalis Parent, 1932 N; added as 'cf. tarsalis' by Meuffels et al. (1996: 47
  viridis Parent, 1932 N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 176
 
MICROPHORINAE Note 14
                 
  Microphor Macquart, 1827
  = Microphorus Macquart, 1834: emend.
  anomalus (Meigen, 1824)
  = crassipes Macquart, 1827: misident.
  crassipes Macquart, 1827 N; added by Chvála (1989b: 172
  holosericeus (Meigen, 1804)
  = velutinus Macquart, 1827
 
NEURIGONINAE
                 
  Neurigona Rondani, 1856
  = Saucropus Loew, 1857
  = Neurogona Oldenberg, 1904: emend.
  abdominalis (Fallén, 1823) N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2017: 63, 65 Note 15
  erichsoni (Zetterstedt, 1843)
  pallida (Fallén, 1823) N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34
  quadrifasciata (Fabricius, 1781) Note 13
  suturalis (Fallén, 1823)
 
RHAPHIINAE
                 
  Argyra Macquart, 1834
  = Leucostola Loew, 1857
  argentina (Meigen, 1824)
  argyria (Meigen, 1824)
  = argentata Macquart, 1834
  = argentella (Zetterstedt, 1843) Note 16
  = divergens Parent, 1926
  atriceps Loew, 1857
  diaphana (Fabricius, 1775)
  discedens Becker, 1907 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 46
  elongata (Zetterstedt, 1843)
  grata Loew, 1857
  ilonae Gosseries, 1989 N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34
  = confinis (Zetterstedt, 1849): preocc.
  leucocephala (Meigen, 1824)
  perplexa Becker, 1918 N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 69
  vestita (Wiedemann, 1817)
                 
  Nematoproctus Loew, 1857
  distendens (Meigen, 1824)
                 
  Rhaphium Meigen, 1803
  = Raphium Meigen, 1803: incorrect spelling
  = Porphyrops Meigen, 1824: misident. sensu auct.
  = Xiphandrium Loew, 1857
  = Anglearia Carlier, 1935
  albifrons Zetterstedt, 1843 N; added as bilamellatum and perhaps also as brevicorne by Meuffels (1978: 68
  = brevicorne Curtis, 1835: ? misident. sensu Meuffels, 1978 Note 17
  = fissum Loew, 1850: misident. Note 2
  = bilamellatum (Becker, 1918): misident.
  antennatum (Carlier, 1835) N; added by Meuffels (1978: 67
  appendiculatum Zetterstedt, 1849
  = macrocerum Meigen, 1824: misident. sensu Parent, 1925
  auctum Loew, 1857 N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 68
  brevicorne Curtis, 1835 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 223
  = pectinatum (Loew, 1859): misident. sensu Becker, 1908
  caliginosum Meigen, 1824
  = cupreum Macquart, 1827: misident. sensu Haliday, 1851
  = zetterstedti (Parent, 1925)
  commune (Meigen, 1824)
  = spinicoxa Loew, 1850
  consobrinum (Zetterstedt, 1843)
  = riparium (Meigen, 1824): misident. sensu Parent, 1938 Note 18
  = praerosum Loew, 1850
  crassipes (Meigen, 1824) N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34
  elegantulum (Meigen, 1824)
  ensicorne Meigen, 1824
  fasciatum Meigen, 1824
  fascipes (Meigen, 1824)
  laticorne (Fallén, 1823)
  = nemorum Meigen, 1830
  longicorne (Fallén, 1823)
  micans (Meigen, 1824)
  monotrichum Loew, 1850
  nasutum (Fallén, 1823)
  penicillatum Loew, 1850
  riparium (Meigen, 1824)
  = discolor Zetterstedt, 1838
  = consobrina Zetterstedt, 1843
 
SCIAPODINAE
                 
  Amblypsilopus Bigot, 1888
  = Chrysosoma Guérin-Méneville, 1831
  exul (Parent, 1932) I; added by Van Ooststroom (1944: 196
                 
  Sciapus Zeller, 1842
  = Psilopus Meigen, 1824
  = Sciopus Parent, 1925: emend.
  albifrons (Meigen, 1830)
  basilicus Meuffels & Grootaert, 1990 T; added by Meuffels & Grootaert (1990: 170
  contristans (Wiedemann, 1817)
  = vialis (Raddatz, 1873)
  laetus (Meigen, 1838)
  lobipes (Meigen, 1824)
  longulus (Fallén, 1823)
  = lugens (Meigen, 1824)
  maritimus Becker, 1918
  nervosus (Lehmann, 1822)
  pallens (Wiedemann, 1830)
  platypterus (Fabricius, 1805)
  wiedemanni (Fallén, 1823)
  zonatulus (Zetterstedt, 1843)
  = contristans (Wiedemann, 1817): misident. sensu auct.
  = regalis (Meigen, 1824): doubtful senior syn.
 
SYMPYCNINAE
                 
  Anepsiomyia Bezzi, 1902
  = Anepsius Loew, 1857: preocc.
  flaviventris (Meigen, 1824)
  = bifasciata (Macquart, 1827): misident. sensu auct.
                 
  Campsicnemus Haliday, 1851
  = Ectomus Mik, 1878
  alpinus (Haliday, 1833)
  = pictipennis (Boheman, 1853)
  armatus (Zetterstedt, 1849)
  = pectinifer De Meijere, 1907
  armoricanus Parent, 1926 N; added by Meuffels (1978: 69
  compeditus Loew, 1857
  curvipes (Fallén, 1823)
  loripes (Haliday, 1832)
  lumbatus (Loew, 1857) N; added by Meuffels (1974: 32
  magius (Loew, 1845) N; added by Meuffels (1978: 69
  marginatus Loew, 1857 N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 69
  picticornis (Zetterstedt, 1843) N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 67
  pumilio (Zetterstedt, 1843) Note 19
  = pectinulatus Loew, 1864
  pusillus (Meigen, 1824) N; added by Wind & Pollet (2017: 74
  scambus (Fallén, 1823)
  = lumbatus (Loew, 1857): misident.
  simplicissimus Strobl, 1906 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 68
                 
  Chrysotimus Loew, 1857
  flaviventris (von Roser, 1840) N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 179
  = concinnus (Zetterstedt, 1843)
  molliculus (Fallén, 1823)
  = laetus (Meigen, 1824)
                 
  Lamprochromus Mik, 1878
  bifasciatus (Macquart, 1827)
  = elegans (Meigen, 1830)
  strobli Parent, 1925 N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 70
                 
  Micromorphus Mik, 1878
  albipes (Zetterstedt, 1843)
  claripennis (Strobl, 1899) N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 206
                 
  Sympycnus Loew, 1857
  aeneicoxa (Meigen, 1824) N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34
  pulicarius (Fallén, 1823) Note 20
  = annulipes (Meigen, 1824)
  = desoutteri Parent, 1925
                 
  Syntormon Loew, 1857
  = Eutarsus Loew, 1857
  = Bathycranium Strobl, 1892 Note 21
  = Drymonoeca Becker, 1907
  bicolorellum (Zetterstedt, 1843)
  denticulatum (Zetterstedt, 1843)
  = pumilus (Meigen, 1824): misident. sensu Parent, 1925
  = punctatus (Zetterstedt, 1843): misident. sensu auct.
  filiger Verrall, 1912 N; added by Meuffels (1978: 68
  fuscipes (von Roser, 1840) N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34
  = spicatus (Loew, 1857)
  metathesis (Loew, 1850) N; added by Meuffels (1978: 68
  monile (Haliday, 1851) N; added by Meuffels (1978: 68
  pallipes (Fabricius, 1794)
  pseudospicatum Strobl, 1899 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2017: 63, 65
  pumilum (Meigen, 1824)
  = rufipes (Meigen, 1824)
  tarsatum (Fallén, 1823)
  zelleri (Loew, 1850) N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 179
                 
  Telmaturgus Mik, 1874
  tumidulus (Raddatz, 1873)
                 
  Teuchophorus Loew, 1857
  = Teucophorus Loew, 1857: incorrect spelling
  calcaratus (Macquart, 1827)
  monacanthus Loew, 1859
  nigricosta (von Roser, 1840) N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34
  = signatus (Zetterstedt, 1849)
  = signiatus (Zetterstedt, 1849): error in Meuffels (2009)
  simplex Mik, 1880 N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34
  spinigerellus (Zetterstedt, 1843)
                 
  Xanthochlorus Loew, 1857
  galbanus Chandler & Negrobov, 2008 N; added by Beuk (2021b: 20
  ornatus (Haliday, 1832)
  = flavicoxa Wiedemann Meigen, 1824: misident.
  silaceus Chandler & Negrobov, 2008 N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 294
  tenellus (Wiedemann, 1817)
 
GENERA INCERTA SEDIS
                 
  Acropsilus Mik, 1878
  niger (Loew, 1869)
 
Doubtful species
 
  Medetera Fischer von Waldheim, 1819    
  apicalis (Zetterstedt, 1843) added by Doorman (1962: 190 Note 22
  muralis Meigen, 1824   Note 23
  oscillans Allen, 1976 first listed by Meuffels (2002: 176 Note 24
  pinicola Kowarz, 1877   Note 25
 
  Thrypticus Gerstäcker, 1864    
  pollinosus Verrall, 1912 first listed by Meuffels (2002))  Note 25
 
Deleted species
 
  Medetera Fischer von Waldheim, 1819  
  betulae Ringdahl, 1949   Note 26
  glauca Loew, 1869   Note 26
  oscillans Allen, 1976 first listed by Meuffels (2002: 176 Note 27
 
Notes
Note 1 Transferred from Achalcus by Pollet (2005: 70).
Note 2 Misidentification pointed out by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 27).
Note 3 Again added by Van Aartsen et al. (1991: ix). Possibly more than one species is involved. The synonymies are provisional.
Note 4 Synonymy established by Evenhuis (1996: 28)
Note 5 The synonymy of viridifemoratus with monochaetus is considered questionable by Dyte (1993: 7) because the type material of the former consists of two females.
Note 6 Misidentification pointed out by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 27). Meuffels (2002) already noted that material recorded by Kabos (1951a: 121) belonged to other species.
Note 7 Last known collection date 1 August 1918 (leg. J.C.H. de Meijere). Possibly extinct from the Netherlands.
Note 8 This species was transferred from Hercostomus by Brooks & Wheeler (2005).
Note 9 Following workers on the Nearctic fauna, Pollet (2004) considered Gymnopterus to be a valid genus and he transferred all species placed in the former subgenus of Hercostomus to Gymnopterus.
Note 10 Synonymy established by Drake et al. (2013: 122).
Note 11 Transferred from Hercostomus by Brooks (2005: 103).
Note 12 Misidentification pointed out by Pollet & Stark (2018).
Note 13 Year of description was erroneously given as 1981 by Meuffels (2002).
Note 14 The former family Microphoridae is now included as subfamily within the family Dolichopodidae following Sinclair & Cumming (2006.
Note 15 Again added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 209)
Note 16 At present this is treated as a synonym of argyria following Pollet & Meuffels (2023).
Note 17 Likely misidentification indicated by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 27).
Note 18 Following the interpretation by Collin (1940.
Note 19 Erroneously still under the name of the junior synonym pectinulatus in Meuffels (2002: 179).
Note 20 See Meuffels (1981a : 54) about the synonymy.
Note 21 Synonym with Syntormon by Speight et al. (1995).
Note 22 The identity of the previously recorded female cannot be confirmed (Pollet & Meuffels, 2023: 27).
Note 23 Old records could not yet be confirmed. The male specimen in RMNH remains to be dissected.
Note 24 None of the males under this name in RMNH that were checked by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 27) belonged to this species. Females could not be identified.
Note 25 The only known specimen could not betraced and the identity thus not confirmed (Pollet & Meuffels, 2023: 27).
Note 26 First recorded by Meuffels (1974: 34) but re-identification showed that the material did not belong to that species. The true identity could not yet be established.
Note 27 According to Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 27) all known males proved to belong to other species.
 
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