:Uropachys

{{short description|Genus of flies}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Uropachys

| authority = Parent, 1935

| type_species = Pachyurus hawaiensis

| type_species_authority = Parent, 1934

| synonyms =

  • Pachyurus Parent, 1934
    (nec Agassiz, 1831)
  • Uropacys (incorrect spelling)

}}

Uropachys is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, endemic to Kauai of the Hawaiian Islands.{{cite journal|last=Evenhuis|first=Neal L.|year=2019|title=Everyone loves a cercus: the endemic Hawaiian genus Uropachys Parent (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with descriptions of new species|url=http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/op129p3-20.pdf|journal=Bishop Museum Occasional Papers|volume=129|pages=3–20}} It is part of the Eurynogaster complex of genera.{{cite journal|first1=Kari Roesch|last1=Goodman|first2=Neal|last2=Evenhuis|first3=Pavla|last3=Bartošová-Sojková|first4=Patrick Michael|last4=O'Grady|year=2016|title=Multiple, independent colonizations of the Hawaiian Archipelago by the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera)|journal=PeerJ|volume=4|page=e2704|doi=10.7717/peerj.2704|doi-access=free|pmc=5119231|pmid=27896033}}

Species

Included species:{{cite journal|last1=Evenhuis|first1=Neal L.|title=A review of the genera comprising species of the genus Eurynogaster sensu Hardy & Kohn, 1964 in Hawai'i (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)|journal=Zootaxa|date=2005|volume=1017|issue=1|pages=39–60|url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2005f/z01017p060f.pdf |accessdate=4 March 2017|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1017.1.5}}

Species moved to Eurynogaster:

  • Uropachys pulverea (Hardy & Kohn, 1964)

References