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.
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: 22/11/2024).
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)
N
flavicollis (Meigen, 1824)
N
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
N
cupreus Macquart, 1827
N
femoratus Zetterstedt, 1843
N
gramineus (Fallén, 1823)
N
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)
N
= 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)
N
obscuripes Zetterstedt, 1838
N
= kowarzi Lundbeck, 1912
palustris Verrall, 1876
N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 172)
pulchellus Kowarz, 1874
N
suavis Loew, 1857
N
Cryptophlebs Lichtwardt, 1898
kerteszi Lichtwardt, 1898
N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 84)
Diaphorus Meigen, 1824
hoffmannseggi Meigen, 1830
N
= tripilus Loew, 1857
nigricans Meigen, 1824
N
oculatus (Fallén, 1823)
N
winthemi Meigen, 1824
N
Melanostolus Kowarz, 1884
melancholicus (Loew, 1869)
N
DOLICHOPODINAE
Dolichopus Latreille, 1796
= Hygroceleuthus Loew, 1857
= Macrodolichopus Stackelberg, 1933
acuticornis Wiedemann, 1817
N
agilis Meigen, 1824
N
arbustorum Stannius, 1831
N
= 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
N
atripes Meigen, 1824
N
brevipennis Meigen, 1824
N
= 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
N
cilifemoratus Macquart, 1827
N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 100)
claviger Stannius, 1831
N
clavipes Haliday, 1832
N
diadema Haliday, 1832
N
excisus Loew, 1859
N
festivus Haliday, 1832
N
griseipennis Stannius, 1831
N
latilimbatus Macquart, 1827
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 33)
= latelimbatus Macquart, 1827: incorrect spelling
latipennis Fallén, 1823
N
Note 7
lepidus Staeger, 1842
N
linearis Meigen, 1824
N
lineatocornis Zetterstedt, 1843
N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 173)
longicornis Stannius, 1831
N
= acuticornis Wiedemann, 1817: misident. sensu Fallén, 1823 et auct.
longitarsis Stannius, 1831
N
migrans Zetterstedt, 1843
N
= confinis Zetterstedt, 1843
nigricornis Meigen, 1824
= discifer Stannius, 1831
N
nitidus Fallén, 1823
N
notatus Staeger, 1842
N
= notabilis Zetterstedt, 1843
nubilus Meigen, 1824
N
pennatus Meigen, 1824
N
= signatus Meigen, 1824: misident. sensu Staeger, 1842
phaeopus Haliday, 1851
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 66)
picipes Meigen, 1824
N
= fastuosus Haliday, 1832
planitarsis Fallén, 1823
N
plumipes (Scopoli, 1763)
N
= pennitarsis Fallén, 1823
popularis Wiedemann, 1817
N
= 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
N
signatus Meigen, 1824
N
= argentifer Loew, 1859
signifer Haliday, 1838
N; listed by Pollet & Meuffels (2017: 63)
simplex Meigen, 1824
N
strigipes Verrall, 1875
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 33)
subpennatus d'Assis Fonseca, 1976
N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 67)
tanythrix Loew, 1869
N
trivialis Haliday, 1832
N
= cilifemoratus Macquart, 1827: misident. sensu Parent, 1926 et auct.
= 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)
N
nigrilamellatus (Macquart, 1827)
N
nigripennis (Fallén, 1823)
N
nigriplantis (Stannius, 1831)
N
pilifer (Loew, 1859)
N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2017: 63, 64)
plagiatus (Loew, 1857)
N
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)
N
Note 11
ducalis (Loew, 1857)
N
= infuscatus (Stannius, 1831): misident. sensu Parent, 1938
= comitialis (Kowarz, 1867): misident. sensu Verrall, 1912
nobilitatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
N
principalis (Loew, 1861)
N
= fumipennis (Stannius, 1831): misident. sensu Becker, 1917
Sybistroma Meigen, 1824
= Hypophyllus Haliday, 1832
= Nodicornis Rondani, 1843
crinipes (Staeger, 1842)
N
discipes (Germar, 1821)
N
nodicornis (Meigen, 1824)
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 33)
obscurellus (Fallén, 1823)
N
Tachytrechus Haliday, 1851
ammobates (Haliday, 1851)
N
insignis (Stannius, 1831)
N
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
N
Hydrophorus Fallén, 1823
albiceps Frey, 1915
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 67)
= signifer Coquillett, 1899: incorrect synonymy
balticus (Meigen, 1824)
N
bipunctatus (Lehmann, 1822)
N
litoreus Fallén, 1823
N
nebulosus Fallén, 1823
N
oceanus (Macquart, 1838)
N
= inaequalipes Macquart, 1834: misident. sensu Haliday, 1851
= bisetus Loew, 1857
praecox (Lehmann, 1822)
N
viridis (Meigen, 1824)
N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 175)
Liancalus Loew, 1857
virens (Scopoli, 1763)
N
Machaerium Haliday, 1832
maritimae Haliday, 1832
N
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
N
Thinophilus Wahlberg, 1844
flavipalpis (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N
ruficornis (Haliday, 1838)
N
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)
N
belgica Parent, 1936
N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 179)
caeruleifacies Naglis & Negrobov, 2014
N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 180)
dendrobaena Kowarz, 1877
N
diadema (Linnaeus, 1767)
N
= 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)
N
jugalis Collin, 1941
N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 176)
lorea Negrobov, 1967
N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 189)
micacea Loew, 1857
N
mixta Negrobov, 1967
N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 191)
obscura (Zetterstedt, 1838)
N
pallipes (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N
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
N
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
N
Systenus Loew, 1857
bipartitus (Loew, 1850)
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 68)
= tener Loew, 1859
leucurus Loew, 1859
N
pallipes (von Roser, 1840)
N
= 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
N
laetus (Verrall, 1912)
N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 288)
smaragdinus Gerstäcker, 1864
N
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)
N
= crassipes Macquart, 1827: misident.
crassipes Macquart, 1827
N; added by Chvála (1989b: 172)
holosericeus (Meigen, 1804)
N
= 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)
N
pallida (Fallén, 1823)
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34)
quadrifasciata (Fabricius, 1781)
N
Note 13
suturalis (Fallén, 1823)
N
RHAPHIINAE
Argyra Macquart, 1834
= Leucostola Loew, 1857
argentina (Meigen, 1824)
N
argyria (Meigen, 1824)
N
= argentata Macquart, 1834
= argentella (Zetterstedt, 1843)
Note 16
= divergens Parent, 1926
atriceps Loew, 1857
N
diaphana (Fabricius, 1775)
N
discedens Becker, 1907
N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2023: 46)
elongata (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N
grata Loew, 1857
N
ilonae Gosseries, 1989
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34)
= confinis (Zetterstedt, 1849): preocc.
leucocephala (Meigen, 1824)
N
perplexa Becker, 1918
N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 69)
vestita (Wiedemann, 1817)
N
Nematoproctus Loew, 1857
distendens (Meigen, 1824)
N
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
N
= cupreum Macquart, 1827: misident. sensu Haliday, 1851
= zetterstedti (Parent, 1925)
commune (Meigen, 1824)
N
= spinicoxa Loew, 1850
consobrinum (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N
= riparium (Meigen, 1824): misident. sensu Parent, 1938
Note 18
= praerosum Loew, 1850
crassipes (Meigen, 1824)
N; added by Meuffels (1974: 34)
elegantulum (Meigen, 1824)
N
ensicorne Meigen, 1824
N
fasciatum Meigen, 1824
N
fascipes (Meigen, 1824)
N
laticorne (Fallén, 1823)
N
= nemorum Meigen, 1830
longicorne (Fallén, 1823)
N
micans (Meigen, 1824)
N
monotrichum Loew, 1850
N
nasutum (Fallén, 1823)
N
penicillatum Loew, 1850
N
riparium (Meigen, 1824)
N
= 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)
N
basilicus Meuffels & Grootaert, 1990
T; added by Meuffels & Grootaert (1990: 170)
contristans (Wiedemann, 1817)
N
= vialis (Raddatz, 1873)
laetus (Meigen, 1838)
N
lobipes (Meigen, 1824)
N
longulus (Fallén, 1823)
N
= lugens (Meigen, 1824)
maritimus Becker, 1918
N
nervosus (Lehmann, 1822)
N
pallens (Wiedemann, 1830)
N
platypterus (Fabricius, 1805)
N
wiedemanni (Fallén, 1823)
N
zonatulus (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N
= contristans (Wiedemann, 1817): misident. sensu auct.
= regalis (Meigen, 1824): doubtful senior syn.
SYMPYCNINAE
Anepsiomyia Bezzi, 1902
= Anepsius Loew, 1857: preocc.
flaviventris (Meigen, 1824)
N
= bifasciata (Macquart, 1827): misident. sensu auct.
Campsicnemus Haliday, 1851
= Ectomus Mik, 1878
alpinus (Haliday, 1833)
N
= pictipennis (Boheman, 1853)
armatus (Zetterstedt, 1849)
N
= pectinifer De Meijere, 1907
armoricanus Parent, 1926
N; added by Meuffels (1978: 69)
compeditus Loew, 1857
N
curvipes (Fallén, 1823)
N
loripes (Haliday, 1832)
N
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)
N
= 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)
N
= laetus (Meigen, 1824)
Lamprochromus Mik, 1878
bifasciatus (Macquart, 1827)
N
= elegans (Meigen, 1830)
strobli Parent, 1925
N; added by Meuffels (1981b: 70)
Micromorphus Mik, 1878
albipes (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N
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)
N
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)
N
denticulatum (Zetterstedt, 1843)
N
= 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)
N
pseudospicatum Strobl, 1899
N; added by Pollet & Meuffels (2017: 63, 65)
pumilum (Meigen, 1824)
N
= rufipes (Meigen, 1824)
tarsatum (Fallén, 1823)
N
zelleri (Loew, 1850)
N; first listed by Meuffels (2002: 179)
Telmaturgus Mik, 1874
tumidulus (Raddatz, 1873)
N
Teuchophorus Loew, 1857
= Teucophorus Loew, 1857: incorrect spelling
calcaratus (Macquart, 1827)
N
monacanthus Loew, 1859
N
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)
N
Xanthochlorus Loew, 1857
galbanus Chandler & Negrobov, 2008
N; added by Beuk (2021b: 20)
ornatus (Haliday, 1832)
N
= 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)
N
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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