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Schistostoma

{{short description|Genus of flies}}

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| fossil_range = {{Geological range|Upper Cretaceous|Present}}

| taxon = Schistostoma

| authority = Becker, 1902

| type_species = Schistostoma eremita

| type_species_authority = Becker, 1902

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Schistostoma is a genus of flies in the family Dolichopodidae, subfamily Microphorinae.

Species

At least 50 extant species have been described in the genus, with 16 from the Palaearctic realm, two from the Oriental realm, four from the Afrotropical realm, and 28 from the Nearctic realm. Two fossil species have also been described from Burmese amber. There are also several undescribed species from the Palaearctic realm, and one undescribed species from the Afrotropical realm.{{cite journal|last=Chvála|first=M.|year=1987|title=Revision of Palaearctic Microphoridae (Diptera) 2. Schistostoma Beck.|url=https://kramerius.lib.cas.cz/uuid/uuid:c57898a0-148b-11e1-1586-001143e3f55c|journal=Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca|volume=84|issue=2|pages=133–155}}{{cite journal|first=Igor Ya|last=Grichanov|year=2017|title=Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera)|url=http://vizr.spb.ru/assets/docs/vestnik/sup/Grichanov%202017%20Dolibank-sec.pdf|journal=Plant Protection News, Supplements|edition=2nd|publisher=All-Union Research Institute of Plant Protection (VISR)|place=St.Petersburg}}{{cite journal|last1=Brooks|first1=S. E.|last2=Cumming|first2=J. M.|year=2022|title=Revision of the Nearctic Microphorinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae sensu lato)|journal=Zootaxa|volume=5095|issue=1|pages=1–141|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5095.1.1|doi-access=free}}

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Category:Dolichopodidae genera

Category:Microphorinae

Category:Taxa named by Theodor Becker

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