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Acropsilus

{{short description|Genus of flies}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Acropsilus

| authority = Mik, 1878{{cite journal|last1=Mik|first1=Josef|title=Dipterologische Untersuchungen|journal=Jahresber. K. K. Akad. Gymnasium|date=1878|pages=1–24, 1 pl}}

| type_species = Chrysotus niger

| type_species_authority = Loew, 1869{{cite book|last1=Loew|first1=Hermann|title=Beschreibung europäischer Dipteren. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insecten, von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Achter Theil oder zweiter Supplementband|date=1869|volume=1|pages=xvi + 310 + [2] pp|publisher=H. W. Schmidt|location=Halle}}

| synonyms_ref = {{cite journal|first1=Igor Ya.|last1=Grichanov|first2=Mike B.|last2=Mostovski|year=2009|title=Long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in the collection of the Natal Museum: A review of C.H. Curran's types, new synonyms, and new combinations|journal=Zootaxa|volume=2194|pages=37–53|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2194.1.3}}

| synonyms =

  • Campsicnemoides Curran, 1927{{cite journal|last1=Curran|first1=Charles Howard|title=Records and descriptions of South African Diptera with notes on two Wiedemann types.|journal=Annals of the Transvaal Museum|date=1927|volume=12|pages=181–185}}
  • Nobilusa Wei, 2006{{cite book|last1=Zizhong|first1=Li|last2=Daochao|first2=Jin|title=Insects from Fanjingshan Landscape|date=2006|publisher=Guizhou Science and Technology Publishing House|location=Guiyang|page=481|language=Chinese}}

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Acropsilus is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.{{cite book|last1=Yang|first1=D.|last2=Zhu|first2=Y.|last3=Wang|first3=M.|last4=Zhang|first4=L.|title=World Catalog of Dolichopodidae (Insecta: Diptera).|date=2006|publisher=China Agricultural University Press|location=Beijing|isbn=9787811171020|pages=1–704}} It is unplaced in the family,{{cite journal|last=Ulrich|first=J.|year=1980|title=Zur systematischen Gliederung der Dolichopodiden (Diptera)|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44713467|journal=Bonner zoologische Beiträge|volume=31|issue=3–4|pages=385–402}} having been placed variously in subfamilies such as Sympycninae or Peloropeodinae. It is superficially similar to the Medeterinae.{{cite journal|last1=Bickel|first1=D. J.|title=Australian, Melanesian and Micronesian Acropsilus Mik (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)|url=http://www.nev.nl/tve/pdf/te0141001.pdf|journal=Tijdschrift voor Entomologie|date=1998|volume=141|issue=1|pages=1–17|doi=10.1163/22119434-99900001}}

Species

The genus contains 30 species:{{cite journal|last=Grichanov|first=I. Ya.|year=1998|title=Afrotropical species of the genus Acropsilus Mik (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)|url=http://grichanov.aiq.ru/ACROPSIL.htm|journal=Dipterological Research|volume=9|issue=3|pages=183–190}}{{cite journal|last1=Wang|first1=Mengqing|last2=Yang|first2=Ding|last3=Grootaert|first3=Patrick|title=Revision of the species of Acropsilus Mik (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from China|journal=Biologia|date=2007|volume=62|issue=1|pages=88–94|doi=10.2478/s11756-007-0015-6|s2cid=1085290}}

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Category:Dolichopodidae

Category:Dolichopodidae genera

Category:Diptera of Europe

Category:Diptera of Asia

Category:Diptera of Australasia

Category:Diptera of Africa

Category:Taxa named by Josef Mik

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