Dolichopus

{{Short description|Genus of flies}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Dolichopus urbanus.jpg

| image_caption = Dolichopus urbanus

| taxon = Dolichopus

| display_parents = 2

| authority = Latreille, 1796

| type_species = Musca ungulata

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

| synonyms_ref = {{cite journal|last1=Pollet|first1=Marc A. A.|last2=Brooks|first2=Scott Edward|last3=Cumming|first3=Jeffrey Malcolm|title=Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico|journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History|date=2004|volume=283|pages=1–114|publisher=American Museum of Natural History|doi=10.1206/0003-0090(2004)283<0001:cotddo>2.0.co;2|hdl=2246/451}}

| synonyms = *Iphis Meigen, 1800
(suppressed name)

  • Satyra Meigen, 1803
  • Ragheneura Rondani, 1856
  • Hygroceleuthus Loew, 1857
  • Spathichira Bigot, 1888
  • Spatichira Bigot, 1888
  • Eudolichopus Frey, 1915
  • Leucodolichopus Frey, 1915
  • Melanodolichopus Frey, 1915{{cite book|author=Grichanov, I. Ya|year=1999|title=A check list of Genera of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera)|pages=327–332pp|publisher=Studia Dipterologica}}
  • Hydroceleuthus Aldrich, 1921
    (misspelling)
  • Macrodolichopus Stackelberg, 1933

}}

Dolichopus is a large cosmopolitan genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae. Adults are small flies, typically less than 8 mm in length. Nearly all species are metallic greenish-blue to greenish-bronze.{{cite book|author=D'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M.|year=1978|title=Dolichopodidae (Diptera, Orthorrhapha, Brachycera) (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/5)|pages=90 pp|publisher=Royal Entomological Society of London|url=http://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/old_res_handbooks/Vol09_Part05.pdf|access-date=8 July 2015|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513113613/http://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/old_res_handbooks/Vol09_Part05.pdf|archive-date=13 May 2012|url-status=dead}} It is the largest genus of Dolichopodidae with more than 600 species worldwide.{{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}}

The name of the genus ({{lang|grc|δολιχός}}, long, and {{lang|grc|ποὺς}}, foot) refers to the length of the feet of its species.{{cite web|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/27118|title=Genus Dolichopus|website=BugGuide.net|access-date=2019-07-30}}

Gallery

File:Dolichopus spec. with prey.ogv|Dolichopus sp. female with prey (video, 1m 23s)

File:Dolichopus P1070821a.jpg

File:Dolichopus P1070659a.jpg

Species groups and subgenera

The following species groups exist in Dolichopus:

  • Dolichopus latipennis species group (= Hygroceleuthus Loew, 1857){{cite journal | last = Barkalov | first = Anatolii V. | author2 = Negrobov, Oleg P.| author3 = Grichanov, Igor Ya.| year = 2009 | title = The Dolichopus latipennis species group (=Hygroceleuthus Loew) in the Palearctic Region (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02087p045f.pdf | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 2087 | pages = 37–45 | publisher = Magnolia Press | issn = 1175-5326 | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.2087.1.2 }}
  • Dolichopus lonchophorus species group{{cite journal|first1=O.P.|last1=Negrobov|first2=O.V.|last2=Selivanova|first3=O.O.|last3=Maslova|year=2012|title=New data on the taxonomy of the group Dolichopus lonchophorus Loew, 1873 (Dolichopodidae: Diptera)|url=http://www.ssc-ras.ru/files/files/30_Negrobov.pdf|journal=Caucasian Entomological Bulletin|volume=8|issue=1|pages=175–180|doi=10.23885/1814-3326-2012-8-1-175-180|doi-access=free|access-date=2018-03-28|archive-date=2018-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329053906/http://www.ssc-ras.ru/files/files/30_Negrobov.pdf|url-status=dead}}
  • Dolichopus longisetus species group{{cite journal|last1=Negrobov|first1=O.P.|last2=Selivanova|first2=O.V.|last3=Maslova|first3=O.O.|year=2014|title=New data on the systematics of the Palaearctic species of the Dolichopus longisetus Negrobov, 1977 group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)|journal=Entomological Review|volume=94|issue=6|pages=914–919|doi=10.1134/S0013873814060104|s2cid=38651134}}
  • Dolichopus planitarsis species group (8 species){{cite journal | last = Barkalov | first = Anatolii V. | author2 = Negrobov, Oleg P.| author3 = Grichanov, Igor Ya.| year = 2009 | title = The Dolichopus planitarsis species group in the Palearctic Region with the description of a new species from the Russian Altai (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 2268 | pages = 59–64 | publisher = Magnolia Press | issn = 1175-5326 | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02268p064f.pdf | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.2268.1.5 }}Palaearctic
  • Dolichopus plumipes species group (11 species){{cite journal|first1=Samad|last1=Khaghaninia|first2=Yaser|last2=Gharajedaghi|first3=Igor Ya.|last3=Grichanov|year=2014|title=The Dolichopus plumipes species group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) in the Palaearctic Region with the description of a new species from Iran|url=https://www.mapress.com/j/jib/article/download/2014.2.1/14148|format=PDF|journal=Journal of Insect Biodiversity|volume=2|issue=1|pages=1–9|doi=10.12976/jib/2014.2.1|doi-access=free|access-date=2018-12-31|archive-date=2019-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430183506/https://www.mapress.com/j/jib/article/download/2014.2.1/14148|url-status=dead}}Palaearctic
  • Dolichopus sagittarius species group{{cite journal|first1=O.P.|last1=Negrobov|first2=O.V.|last2=Selivanova|first3=O.O.|last3=Maslova|year=2013|title=Review of Palaearctic species of the Dolichopus sagittarius group Loew, 1848 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with description of a new species from Kazakhstan|journal=Caucasian Entomological Bulletin|volume=9|issue=1|pages=187–190|doi=10.23885/1814-3326-2013-9-1-187-190|doi-access=free}}
  • Dolichopus salictorum species group{{cite journal|first1=O.O.|last1=Maslova|first2=O.P.|last2=Negrobov|first3=O.V.|last3=Selivanova|year=2011|title=The review of species of group Dolichopus salictorum Loew, 1871 (Dolichopodidae: Diptera)|journal=Caucasian Entomological Bulletin|volume=7|issue=1|pages=103–108|language=Russian|doi=10.23885/1814-3326-2011-7-1-103-108|doi-access=free}}
  • Dolichopus signifer species group{{cite journal|first1=O. V.|last1=Selivanova|first2=O. P.|last2=Negrobov|first3=A. V.|last3=Barkalov|year=2012|title=New data on the systematics of the palaearctic species of the Dolichopus signifier group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)|journal=Entomological Review|volume=92|issue=4|pages=440–446|doi=10.1134/S0013873812040094|s2cid=21837222}}
  • Dolichopus sublimbatus species group (4 species){{cite journal|last1=Maslova|first1=O.O.|last2=Negrobov|first2=O.P.|last3=Selivanova|first3=O.V.|year=2012|title=New data on the systematics of the species of the Dolichopus sublimbatus Becker group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)|journal=Entomological Review|volume=93|issue=2|pages=243–248|doi=10.1134/S0013873813020139|s2cid=25830616}}
  • Dolichopus tewoensis species group (3 species){{cite journal|first1=Lili|last1=Zhang|first2=Ding|last2=Yang|first3=Patrick|last3=Grootaert|year=2004|title=Revision of the Dolichopus tewoensis group (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from China|journal=Biologia, Bratislava|volume=59|issue=5|pages=553–557|citeseerx=10.1.1.489.8384}}China

Sometimes the following are considered subgenera of Dolichopus:{{cite book|first=O.P.|last=Negrobov|year=1991|title=Dolichopodidae–Platypezidae|chapter=Family Dolichopodidae|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HDajGf3u6csC&pg=PA96|editor1-first=A.|editor1-last=Soós|editor2-first=L.|editor2-last=Papp|series=Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera|volume=7|publisher=Elsevier|pages=11–136|isbn=9780444599940}}

  • Dolichopus Latreille, 1796
  • Hygroceleuthus Loew, 1857 (= Dolichopus latipennis species group)
  • Macrodolichopus Stackelberg, 1933

See also

References