Pseudoparaclius

{{short description|Genus of flies}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Pseudoparaclius

| authority = Grichanov, 2006{{cite journal|last1=Grichanov|first1=I. Y.|title=New genera and new combinations for afrotropical Dolichopodinae (Dolichopodidae, Diptera)|journal=International Journal of Dipterological Research|date=2006|volume=17|pages=23–34}}

| type_species = Pelastoneurus brincki

| type_species_authority = Vanschuytbroeck, 1960{{cite book|last1=Vanschuytbroeck|first1=P.|title=Diptera (Brachycera, Orthorrhapha): Dolichopodidae. In: Hanström B, Brinck P & Rudebeck G (eds) South Aftrican Life Results of the Lund University in 1950–1951. 7|date=1960|publisher=Almqvist & Wiksell|location=Göteborg, Stockholm, Uppsala|pages=316–324}}

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Pseudoparaclius 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}}{{cite journal|first=Igor Ya.|last=Grichanov|year=2018|title=An annotated catalogue of afrotropical Dolichopodoidae (Diptera)|journal=Plant Protection News, Supplements|publisher=All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR)|place=St.Petersburg|issue=25|doi=10.5281/zenodo.1187006|doi-access=free}} It was established by Igor Grichanov in 2006, for 14 species from Africa that were originally placed in Paracleius (now a synonym of Pelastoneurus). Two additional species were described in 2015 and 2020.

Species

  • Pseudoparaclius afer (Curran, 1936){{cite journal|last1=Curran|first1=Charles Howard|title=Records of African Dolichopodidae with descriptions of new species|journal=Revue zoologique africaine|date=1926|volume=14|issue=1|pages=1–39}} – ?Kenya, South Africa
  • Pseudoparaclius atricornis (Parent, 1934){{cite journal|last1=Parent|first1=Octave|title=Additions a la faune ethiopienne (Dipteres: Dolichopodides)|journal=Bulletin de la Société entomologique d'Égypte.|date=1934|volume=18|pages=112–138}} – Zimbabwe
  • Pseudoparaclius brincki (Vanschuytbroeck, 1960) – South Africa
  • Pseudoparaclius caudatus (Parent, 1934) – Kenya
  • Pseudoparaclius funditor (Curran, 1936) – South Africa
  • Pseudoparaclius kabasha (Grichanov, 2004){{cite journal|last=Grichanov|first=Igor Ya.|year=2004|title=Review of Afrotropical Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)|url=http://vizr.spb.ru/assets/docs/vestnik/sup/s3.pdf|journal=Plant Protection News, Supplements|pages=1–244|publisher=All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection RAAS|place=St.Petersburg|issn=1815-3682}} – DR Congo
  • Pseudoparaclius manningi Grichanov, 2020{{cite journal|last=Grichanov|first=Igor Ya.|year=2020|title=A new species of Pseudoparaclius Grichanov (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from South Africa|journal=Nature Conservation Research|volume=5|issue=2|pages=1–6|doi=10.24189/ncr.2020.012|doi-access=free}} – South Africa
  • Pseudoparaclius maranguensis (Vanschuytbroeck, 1964){{cite journal|last1=Vanschuytbroeck|first1=P.|title=Dipteres Dolichopodidae d'Afrique Orientale et meridionale (Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zoologischen Ostafrika-Expedition 1951/52, Gruppe Lindner—Stuttgart, Nr. 39, und Ergebnisse der Forschungsreise Lindner 1958/59—Nr.17)|journal=Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde|date=1964|volume=130|pages=1–6|url=http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Stuttgarter-Beitraege-Naturkunde_130_0001-0006.pdf|accessdate=10 August 2016}} – DR Congo, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda
  • Pseudoparaclius miritarsus (Grichanov, 2004) – Angola
  • Pseudoparaclius ngarukaensis (Vanschuytbroeck, 1964) – Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania
  • Pseudoparaclius obscoenus (Wiedemann, 1830) – South Africa
  • Pseudoparaclius ogojaensis (Vanschuytbroeck, 1962){{cite journal|last1=Vanschuytbroeck|first1=P.|title=Diptères Dolichopodides Africains|journal=Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines|date=1962|volume=62|pages=352–356}} – Nigeria
  • Pseudoparaclius sanjensis (Grichanov, 2004) – Tanzania
  • Pseudoparaclius udzungwa Kaae, Grichanov & Pape, 2015{{cite journal|last1=Kaae|first1=M.E.|last2=Grichanov|first2=I.|last3=Pape|first3=T.|year=2015|title=A new species of Pseudoparaclius Grichanov (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania, and a key to Afrotropical species|journal=Zootaxa|volume=4018|issue=1|pages=137–145|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4018.1.8|pmid=26624033}} – Tanzania
  • Pseudoparaclius upembaensis (Grichanov, 2004) – DR Congo
  • Pseudoparaclius zogualensis (Grichanov, 2004) – Ivory Coast

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