Ortochile

{{short description|Genus of flies}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Ortochile

| authority = Latreille, 1809

| type_species = Ortochile nigrocoerulea

| type_species_authority = Latreille, 1809

| synonyms =

• Orthochile Blanchard, 1845
  (unjustified emendation){{cite journal|first1=James E.|last1=O'Hara|first2=Pierfilippo|last2=Cerretti|first3=Thomas|last3=Pape|first4=Neal L.|last4=Evenhuis|year=2011|title=Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part II: Camillo Rondani|url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03141p268.pdf|journal=Zootaxa|volume=3141|pages=1–268}}
• Orthochile Westwood, 1840
  (unjustified emendation){{cite journal|first1=Neal L.|last1=Evenhuis|first2=Thomas|last2=Pape|first3=Adrian C.|last3=Pont|year=2016|title=Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part V: Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart|url=https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/download/zootaxa.4172.1.1/23295|format=PDF|journal=Zootaxa|volume=4172|issue=1|pages=1–211|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4172.1.1|pmid=27701208|doi-access=free}}

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Ortochile is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae.{{cite journal|last=Grichanov|first=I. Ya|year=1999|title=A check list of Genera of the family Dolichopodidae (Diptera)|journal=Studia Dipterologica|volume=6|issue=2|pages=327–332}} It is distributed in the Western Palaearctic realm, including Europe, Turkey, Israel and North Africa. Adults of Ortochile have greatly elongated mouthparts, longer than the height of the head. They are associated with flowers, and have been reported to feed on nectar and pollen. Flower-feeding is also known in some species of Hercostomus.{{cite journal|first=Scott E.|last=Brooks|year=2005|title=Systematics and phylogeny of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)|url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2005f/z00857f.pdf|journal=Zootaxa|volume=857|pages=1–158|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.857.1.1}}